2009年7月2日星期四

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Education secretary challenges NEA on teacher pay (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 12:48 PM PDT

AP - Education Secretary Arne Duncan challenged members of the National Education Association Thursday to stop resisting the idea of linking teacher pay to student achievement.

Gates Foundation Gives $16.5 Million for Community-College Programs (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 09:17 AM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation renewed its commitment to improving college graduation rates for low-income and minority students by giving $16.5 million in grant money to expand remedial education programs at the community-college level.

School District Billed in Diversity Lawsuit (The Advocate)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:39 AM PDT

The Advocate - As California grapples with a massive $24 billion budget deficit, a public school district finds itself served with a bill totaling almost $15,000 related to a lawsuit over a diversity presentation it allowed to take place in March, reports the Hayward Daily Review.

Fame, fortune for Web tutors in education-crazy South Korea (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:36 AM PDT

Reuters - For a teacher who never sees his students and instructs only online, South Korean Woo Hyeong-cheol makes a lot of money, $4 million a year to be exact.

LA high school featured in 'Bruno' leaves district (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 10:08 PM PDT

In this undated image released by GQ magazine, Sacha Baron Cohen, in character as the Austrian flamboyant fashionista, Bruno, center, poses with members of the Birmingham High School football team from Van Nuys, Calif. The photo was published in the July 2009 issue of 'GQ', currently on newsstands. (AP Photo/GQ, Mark Seliger)AP - A high school that was the location for a racy photo shoot by Sacha Baron Cohen's character "Bruno" has broken away from the nation's second-largest school district.


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