2009年2月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Crumbling SC school gets mention in Obama speech (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 03:34 PM PST

J.V. Martin Jr. High School student Ty'Sheoma Bethea, 14, waves to her fellow students after receiving a 'welcome home' gift at her school as she returns to Dillon, S.C. from Washington. D.C on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009 in Dillon, S.C. More than a year before Obama mentioned J.V. Martin Junior High in his speech to Congress Tuesday night, he visited the school in the poor, rural city of Dillon and saw how 'the paint peels off the walls, and they have to stop teaching six times a day because the train barrels by.' Bethea was in the audience for Tuesday night's speech, sitting next to the first lady. (AP Photo/Willis Glassgow)AP - President Barack Obama didn't need to read a student's letter to learn about bad wiring, peeling paint and noisy trains that drown out teachers at her dilapidated school. He saw it for himself at a campaign stop.

Obama Urges U.S. to Regain World Lead in College Graduates (Bloomberg)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 09:01 PM PST

Bloomberg - Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama pledged U.S. government support to make sure the U.S. has the world’s highest graduation rate by 2020, instead of one of the top high-school dropout rates in the industrialized world.

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