2009年9月16日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Education News

UC officials push plan for steep tuition increases (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 05:15 PM PDT

AP - University of California campus police on Wednesday handcuffed and removed about a dozen demonstrators who interrupted and refused to leave a UC Board of Regents meeting where officials pushed a plan for steep tuition increases.

Must-know figures could change for Texas students (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 02:23 PM PDT

FILE- In this March 26, 2009 file photo former State Board of Education chairman Don McLeroy, left, talks with his replacement, Gail Lowe, right, during a meeting of the board in Austin, Texas. McLeroy, from College Station, is an ardent conservative whose appointment to a second term as chairman was rejected earlier this year by the state Senate. Critics complained that McLeroy had sown discord on the board, mostly with his outspoken views on creationism and support of teaching students weaknesses of evolutionary theory. Lowe, from Lampasas, was appointed to the spot last month by Gov. Perry. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File)AP - Does civil rights activist Cesar Chavez belong alongside Benjamin Franklin as an example of a model American citizen? Should Texas schoolchildren be required to identify Rush Limbaugh? How big a place does the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall — most famous for his victory in integrating the nation's schools — deserve in the history books?

Yale student strangled to death in lab: officials (AFP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 12:10 PM PDT

A New Haven police officer blocks off the road near the laboratory building where Yale student Annie Le's body was found behind a wall. US officials confirmed Wednesday that Le was strangled before being stuffed in a wall, as the police net closed around a lab technician at the Ivy League university.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AFP - US officials confirmed Wednesday that a young Yale scientist was strangled before being stuffed in a wall, as the police net closed around a lab technician at the Ivy League university.

Connecticut Governor unveils job-creating growth plan (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 11:43 AM PDT

Reuters - A new economic growth plan for Connecticut includes $100 million for a public-private student loan partnership, a new Port Authority for ports and airports, and an "Angel Investor Tax Credit" for individuals or firms that invest in areas such as biotechnology, Governor Jodi Rell said on Wednesday.

Houston-area school district wins $1 million prize (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 10:50 AM PDT

Aldine Independent School District employees Sandra Abundis, left, Richard Blair, center, and Bettie Stubblefield react to winning the 2009 Broad Prize for Urban Education Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 in Houston. The Houston school district will receive $1 million in college scholarships for seniors. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - A Houston-area school district where 84 percent of students qualify for free or reduced lunch on Wednesday won the nation's top prize in public education, winning $1 million for making strides in student achievement.

Fla. student stabbed to death in fight at school (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 08:47 PM PDT

Migdalia Quintero, right, cries after her daughter, Maria Maertinez, center, was released from Coral Gables High School where a student was stabbed to death and another taken into custody, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009 in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)AP - One student stabbed another to death during a fight Tuesday in a courtyard at their suburban high school, authorities said.

Brother of slain pregnant teenager accused of rape (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 07:34 PM PDT

AP - A man accused of raping his adopted teenage sister has turned himself in and is a person of interest in her shooting death at a school bus stop, police said Tuesday.

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