2010年3月19日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Education News


Does Obama's Education Plan Make the Grade? (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 03:00 PM PDT

Time.com - The President's plan for education reform is a good start. Here's how to make it even better

NCAA Men's Basketball Graduation Rate Disparity Between Races Grows (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 09:58 AM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - While college basketball players graduate at a higher rate than nonathletes, the NAACP and the Department of Education argue that universities are leaving some of their student-athletes behind. Their concern arises from the expanding fissure between graduation rates of white and African-American college basketball players. ...

Obama health bill would reshape student loans (AFP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 08:57 AM PDT

Students on the campus of the University of California in Los Angeles. US President Barack Obama's historic health care legislation, set to face a make-or-break vote on Sunday, would also reshape the way Americans pay for famously pricey college educations.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)AFP - US President Barack Obama's historic health care legislation, set to face a make-or-break vote on Sunday, would also reshape the way Americans pay for famously pricey college educations.


Could school bus ads save school budgets? (AP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 04:19 AM PDT

In this Feb. 9, 2010 photo, Marc Horner, fleet manager for Jeffco Public Schools,  walks next near school busses with advertisements on their sides at the school's bus maintenance facility in Lakewood, Colo. About half a dozen states already allow bus advertising — including Colorado, Arizona, Florida, Minnesota, Tennessee and Texas. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - School districts have imposed all sorts of drastic cuts to save money during the down economy, canceling field trips and making parents pay for everything from tissues to sports transportation.


Student aid linked to health care gets a trim (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 08:04 PM PDT

From left, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif, Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-Calif., Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-NY and Rep. Pedro Pierluisi, D-PR, are seen before announcing their support, along with other members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, for the health care reform bill on Thursday, March 18, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - Congressional Democrats on Thursday trimmed their original student loan plans, reduced spending for community colleges, and eliminated early childhood money from a broad rewrite of a college aid bill piggybacked on to fast-track health care legislation.


No Child Left Behind: Obama overhaul takes flak from both parties (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 05:29 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - National lawmakers quizzed Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Wednesday about the Obama administration’s blueprint for overhauling the No Child Left Behind federal education law.

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