2009年9月23日星期三

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


In Dairyland, Pollan's 'Food' book sparks debate (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 05:07 PM PDT

This Tuesday, June 9, 2009 picture shows Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism at UC Berkeley and author Michael Pollan at a special screening of 'Food Inc' at the Angelika Film Center in New York. One best-selling book advocating fresh, local foods is shaking up America's Dairyland. Pollan's book titled 'In Defense of Food' urges readers to 'eat food, mostly plants,' and is the subject of a new program in which incoming freshmen can get the book free and many professors are using it in classes. Pollan will give a lecture Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)AP - One best-selling book advocating fresh, local foods is shaking up America's Dairyland.


Streamline access to school meals: USDA's Vilsack (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 04:34 PM PDT

Students have a nutrition break mid-morning consisting of milk, juice, an orange and either mini sausage roll or Vegetarian Italian bagel at Belmont High School in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2009. REUTERS/Fred ProuserReuters - When Congress updates the U.S. school lunch program, it should remove paperwork barriers to enrollment to free or reduced-price meals, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Wednesday.


White House seeks comments on education law (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 03:42 PM PDT

Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks during a forum on responsible fatherhood in Manchester, N.H., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - The Obama administration is committed to the testing and school accountability at the heart of the No Child Left Behind law championed by former President George W. Bush, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said.


Fed education chief to dads: Turn off TV, read (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 02:50 PM PDT

Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks during a forum on responsible fatherhood in Manchester, N.H., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Getting fathers involved in their children's education will take turning off the TV at home and opening the school doors to them, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Wednesday.


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