2010年5月9日星期日

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


For more children, dinner is coming from Uncle Sam (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 01:08 PM PDT

AP - While the other preschoolers were warming up to the vegetable pesto lasagna, 3-year-old Avery Bennett dived in with no hesitation.

Obama: Education a responsibility of all Americans (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 08:29 AM PDT

President Barack Obama waves to graduates during the commencement ceremonies at historically black Hampton University in Hampton, Va., Sunday, May 9, 2010. Obama told the nearly 1,100 graduates assembled in the university's sun-splashed Armstrong Stadium, that they also have the added responsibility of being role models and mentors in their communities. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - President Barack Obama, addressing graduates at historically black Hampton University on Sunday, said that it is the responsibility of all Americans to offer every child the type of education that will make them competitive in an economy in which just a high school diploma is no longer enough.


Obama stresses education over iPod, Xbox (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2010 08:08 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama told college graduates on Sunday the era of the iPod and the Xbox has not always been good for the cause of a strong education.

Is the US ready for a 24-hour coastal oil spill response corps? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 May 2010 09:39 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - With the Deepwater Horizon oil spill there’s new interest in a national coastal rescue corps to augment the kind of industry and US Coast Guard safeguards that haven’t adequately protected sensitive shorelines and economies. “What you need are local watchdogs to monitor oil exploration and transportation,” says Steven Picou, a sociologist at the University of South Alabama who studied the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez disaster. “The tragedy is that such programs usually come about only after you have a catastrophe, but you could put it in place all over the Gulf of Mexico. But it does take a lot of money and politically it’s not always popular.” The ultimate impact on US oil exploration from the Deepwater Horizon spill is uncertain. But it’s likely to boost international production of oil as Washington has begun reviewing industry safety, including the adequacy of so-called blow out preventers intended to stop an incident that’s now tied to a bursting pocket of methane struck by the Deepwater drill.

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