2009年11月19日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Education News

University of Calif. approves big fee hikes (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 05:27 PM PST

Hundreds of students lay down to symbolize the 'Death of Public Education,' as they protest peacefully outside the UCLA campus Covel Commons building, where University of California regents were scheduled to vote on a 32 percent student fee increase, on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. The UC Board of Regents is considering boosting undergraduate fees, the equivalent of tuition, by $2,500 by summer 2010. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - The governing board of the University of California approved a $2,500 student fee increase Thursday after two days of tense campus protests across the state.

Detroit schools seek to force board member to talk (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 02:43 PM PST

AP - The Detroit Public Schools will seek a court order forcing a school board member to testify about his role in a $1.5 billion construction bond issue, the district's emergency financial manager said Thursday.

Gates Foundation gives $335M for teacher quality (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 12:04 PM PST

AP - Three school districts and a coalition of charter schools have agreed to be test kitchens for some radical ideas for improving teacher quality — from paying new teachers to spend another year practicing before getting their own class to letting student test scores affect teacher pay.

Idaho schools face cuts, agencies face elimination (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 08:52 AM PST

AP - Two months before the 2010 Idaho Legislature convenes, the session's bitter tenor is set: Public education funding is due to be slashed again and state agencies now scraping to get by could be eliminated to help cover a remaining $52 million budget shortfall.

Study charts use of 'swap' deals by Pa. schools (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 07:46 AM PST

AP - Auditor General Jack Wagner said about one-fifth of Pennsylvania's school districts have recently been involved with interest rate "swaps," a practice he said the Legislature should ban.

Second lawsuit attacks Florida school funding (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 05:11 AM PST

AP - State officials are facing a second lawsuit filed in as many weeks accusing them of shortchanging public schools in violation of a state constitutional provision requiring a "high quality" education for Florida's children.

Chicago police: No homicide in schools chief death (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 06:03 PM PST

Community activists Melvin Bailey, left, Kublai Toure, and Harold Davis, right, speak about the suicide ruling in the death of Chicago Public School Board President Michael Scott during a news conference at Holy Starlight M.B. Church in Chicago, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. More than two dozen ministers and activists gathered to say they don't believe Scott committed suicide and are calling on state and federal authorities to conduct their own investigations. Scott's body was found early Monday, Nov. 16 partially submerged in the Chicago River. He had been shot once in the head. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Chicago police said Wednesday that tests have revealed gunshot residue on the hand of Michael Scott — the strongest evidence yet that the president of the city's school board took his own life.

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