2009年5月4日星期一

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News

First lady visits charter school for Cinco de Mayo (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2009 12:45 PM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama is greeted by school children as she visits the Latin American Montessori Bilingual Public Charter School in celebration of Cinco de Mayo, Monday, May 4, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - First lady Michelle Obama on Monday urged students to remember in their thoughts and prayers those suffering from the swine flu in Mexico.


Run-down SC school featured by Obama gets facelift (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2009 11:37 AM PDT

Students Yasmin Ware, left, and Johnarra Bethea react to the new desks in their classroom at J.V. Martin Junior High School Monday, May  4, 2009,in Dillon, S.C.  Students at a rural South Carolina middle school whose shoddy condition was highlighted in a speech by President Barack Obama arrived Monday to find their tattered furniture replaced by hundreds of new desks and chairs. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)AP - Students who had grown resigned to old, "nasty" furnishings at their dilapidated middle school in rural South Carolina were elated Monday to find new furniture and a freshly painted cafeteria, thanks to a student's plea, a president's speech and a businessman's response.


Make Your Leadership Case for B-School Admission (BusinessWeek Online)

Posted: 04 May 2009 05:08 AM PDT

BusinessWeek Online - Leadership is a word thrown around a lot at many a top business school. In fact, leadership is considered the key to getting your foot in the door of top MBA programs. But what does leadership mean and how do you demonstrate to admissions committees in your application that you're a leader worthy of admission?
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