2009年5月11日星期一

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News

Obama wants to turn around 5,000 failing schools (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2009 03:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 6, 2009 file photo, Education Secretary Arne Duncan holds a box with tickets for the 131st White House Egg Roll at Plummer Elementary School in Washington. President Barack Obama intends to use $5 billion to prod local officials to close failing schools and reopen them with new teachers and principals. The goal is to turn around 5,000 failing schools in the next five years, Duncan said Monday, May 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, FILE)AP - President Barack Obama intends to use $5 billion to prod local officials to close failing schools and reopen them with new teachers and principals.


Ohio teen suspended for going to girlfriend's prom (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2009 01:10 PM PDT

AP - A northwest Ohio teenager has been suspended by his Christian school because he attended another high school's prom. Officials at Heritage Christian School in Findlay had warned 17-year-old Tyler Frost that he would be suspended and prohibited from attending graduation if he went to the public school dance over the weekend with his girlfriend.

Fumes from bottle at Ill. school sicken students (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2009 11:51 AM PDT

AP - Authorities in the Chicago suburb of Lockport, Ill., locked down a high school campus after mysterious fumes from a bottle left in a hallway sent 13 students to a hospital.
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