2009年12月8日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Education News


LA schools approve plan to cut 5,000 jobs (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 04:40 PM PST

AP - The Los Angeles school board has approved a budget plan that calls for more than 5,000 job cuts.

EPA unveils new policies on water at schools (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 03:27 PM PST

FILE - In this  June 1, 2009 file photo, Jesus Lealstripe, left gets a drink of water from a dispenser at Lovell High School in Cutler, Calif. Signs posted above the kitchen sink warn students not to drink from the tap, because the water is tainted with nitrates, a potential carcinogen, and DBCP, a pesticide scientists say may cause male sterility. The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 it will focus more resources on small water systems nationwide in an effort to improve the enforcement of safe drinking water laws. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian, File)AP - The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a new national strategy to enforce safe drinking water laws in small, rural communities on Tuesday and pledged to redouble efforts to protect children from toxic water in schools.


Pittsburgh mayor seeks to delay tuition tax vote (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 08:10 AM PST

AP - Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl says he will ask city council to again delay a vote on a first-of-its-kind 1 percent tax on college tuition.

More than 10,000 in Mo. seek free tech training (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 08:08 AM PST

AP - The state says more than 10,000 Missourians have requested vouchers for free technology training being offered through a partnership with Microsoft.

Calif. higher ed leaders call for more state funds (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 07:57 AM PST

Assemblyman Paul Cook, R-Yucca Valley, listens as the heads of California's three higher education systems discuss budget cuts to their schools during a hearing of a joint Legislative hearing at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.  (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - California's promise of an affordable higher education for its residents is being jeopardized by state budget cuts, the leaders of the state's college and university systems warned.


A $3.5 Billion Plan to Help the U.S.'s Worst Schools (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 08:15 AM PST

Time.com - With $3.5 billion in new funds, Education Secretary Arne Duncan hopes to "turn around" America's lowest-performing schools

Cost of school formals soaring as teenagers glam-up (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 08:07 PM PST

Reuters - Parents used to save for their children's weddings but now there's another major rite of passage to fund before they even leave home -- the school formal or prom, a booming industry which seems recession-proof.

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