2009年7月25日星期六

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Iraq to send students to colleges in US, abroad (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 01:46 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden welcomes Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Friday, July 24, 2009, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, prior to their meeting. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday his country plans to send up to 10,000 Iraqi students per year to colleges in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia over the next five years as a part of a new scholarship program.


Obama pressures states to embrace schools overhaul (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 06:42 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks back to the White House from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Friday, July 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Dangling the promise of $5 billion in grants, President Barack Obama pressured states to embrace his ideas for overhauling the nation's schools, ideas that include performance pay for teachers and charter schools.


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