2009年9月28日星期一

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Video shows teens beating Chicago student to death (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 03:49 PM PDT

This image from video provided by WFLD Fox Chicago on Monday, Sept. 28, 2009 shows a person swinging a wooden two-by-four during a fight on Chicago's South Side on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. Prosecutors have charged three teenagers with first-degree murder in the beating death of Chicago student Derrion Albert who was walking home from school when this fight occurred. Family members believe the 16-year-old was fatally beaten Thursday for refusing to join a gang. But some witnesses say he was a bystander who was swept into a violent fight. (AP Photo/WFLD Fox Chicago)AP - Cell phone footage showing a group of teens viciously kicking and striking a 16-year-old honors student with splintered railroad ties has ramped up pressure on Chicago officials to address chronic violence that has led to dozens of deaths of city teens each year.


EPA tells schools to test aging caulk for PCBs (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 01:09 PM PDT

AP - Hundreds of school buildings across the United States have caulk around windows and doors containing potentially cancer-causing PCBs, the Environmental Protection Agency says.

Iran students hold anti-government protest: website (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 10:46 AM PDT

Reuters - Students demonstrated at Tehran University against the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday, a reformist website reported, more than three months after Iran's disputed presidential election.

More school: Obama would curtail summer vacation (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 06:11 AM PDT

Seventh grade students at Edwards Middle School work on guinea-pig heart during their science class Thursday, June 18, 2009, in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)AP - Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.


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