2009年10月19日星期一

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


School bus manufacturer to recall small buses (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 02:53 PM PDT

AP - A New York-based school bus manufacturer has agreed to recall nearly 6,000 small school buses after the government alleged that the company tried to shift responsibility for the recalls by changing its name.

In Hawaii, school's out for recession (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 02:29 PM PDT

Mark Aoki, 16, a junior at Roosevelt High School, sits on campus grounds after school Friday, Oct 16, 2009. Aoki is a representative of the Honolulu district for the Hawaii State Student Council and is looking forward to having the extra days off due to the furlough of his school teachers. But he knows it could have a detrimental effect on his education. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)AP - At a time when President Barack Obama is pushing for more time in the classroom, his home state has created the nation's shortest school year under a new union contract that closes schools on most Fridays for the remainder of the academic calendar.


Obama spends time with students in Maryland (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 10:53 AM PDT

President Barack Obama talks to third and fourth grade students at Viers Mill Elementary School in Silver Spring, Md., Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Barack Obama visited a Maryland school Monday to congratulate the students and teachers on their hard work.


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