2009年9月1日星期二

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News

Comic Bill Cosby lends support to Detroit schools (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 05:38 PM PDT

Entertainer Bill Cosby, center, talks to parents while touring a neighborhood with Detroit Public School emergency financial manager Robert Bobb about attending Detroit Public Schools in Detroit, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. Cosby is loaning the district his celebrity as Detroit tries to hold off plummeting enrollment amid a fiscal crisis that a few weeks ago spurred suggestions of a possible bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Bill Cosby had heard about the tough-as-nails, uncompromising man tackling fraud and improving education throughout the Detroit's public schools, and wanted to help.

Psychiatric defense planned in NY school gun case (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 05:19 PM PDT

AP - A former New York City police officer accused of holding a suburban schools superintendent at gunpoint is blaming post traumatic stress for his alleged actions.

Idaho school sues state over Bible plan (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 04:02 PM PDT

AP - A public charter school is suing Idaho officials, saying the state illegally barred use of the Bible as an instructional text.

NTSB: Missouri bus driver hit gas, not brake (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 03:03 PM PDT

AP - A 2005 school bus accident that killed two people and injured 23 elementary students in Missouri occurred because the driver likely stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake, according to a National Transportation Safety Board investigation.

Schools look to teacher furloughs to trim budgets (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 10:51 AM PDT

Morrow High School librarian Melissa Payne poses for portrait outside the school in Morrow, Ga. on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. Payne is starting her new school year with $1,000 less in her paycheck and three days that she'll be forced to stay home from her job. It's a similar story across the country, where teachers - once among the groups exempted from furlough days - are being forced to take unpaid days off amid massive state budget cuts. (AP Photo/Joe Sebo)AP - High school librarian Melissa Payne is starting her new school year with $1,000 less in her paycheck and three days that she'll be forced to stay home from her job.

Grade for charter schools? 'Needs improvement' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - With the start of the fall semester upon us, President Obama has made charter schools the mainstay of his education reform movement. Although such schools are heavily promoted, concerns need to be addressed before their potential to shape a new course in US education can be fairly evaluated.

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