2009年4月13日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Unemployed seek training for 'green collar' jobs (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 01:50 PM PDT

Students build a solar panel array during a class on solar panel installation, on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at San Jose City College in San Jose, Calif. Students and colleges are betting that President Barack Obama's campaign to promote alternative energy and combat global warming will create millions of green jobs that pay well, cannot be outsourced and do not require a four-year degree. (AP Photo/Mathew Sumner)AP - As the economy sheds jobs, community colleges across the country are reporting a surge of unemployed workers enrolling in courses that offer training for "green-collar" jobs.

US university returning prized mushrooms to China (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 01:46 PM PDT

From left, Cornell University Herbarium Director Emeritus Richard P. Korf, Director Kathie T. Hodge, and Curator Robert Dirig pose with a sample of fungi that are part of the Fungi of China collection at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., Monday, April 13, 2009. After 70 years, fungi collected and subsequently shipped out of China prior to World War II, was repatriated Monday as part of a symbolic hand-off between Cornell University and China. (AP/Heather Ainsworth)AP - An Ivy League school is giving China back its treasured mushrooms.

White House reaches out to DC's troubled schools (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 12:04 AM PDT

FILE -- In this April 6, 2009 file photo, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, left, says hello to Antawan Taylor, Trevon York, and Yesnia Mejia, at Plummer Elementary Schoolin Washington before delivering tickets to the District of Columbia for the 131st White House Easter Egg Roll. Two thousand tickets have been set aside for District of Columbia public schools. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP - Growing up in one of this city's roughest neighborhoods, Meggan Thompson never imagined walking into the White House, let alone getting a hug from the first lady.

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