2010年5月19日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Education News


Texas board swamped with flak over curriculum plan (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT

AP - Conservatives on the Texas State Board of Education were defiant Wednesday as a parade of critics came before them, most urging a fresh rewrite of new classroom social studies guidelines and a delay of a scheduled vote to adopt them.

Mass. Cardinal: Catholic schools welcome all (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2010 04:05 PM PDT

AP - Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley says Catholic schools in the archdiocese welcome all children, even as they work to make sure the church's teachings aren't compromised.

Prosecutor: NJ schoolyard deaths part of gang test (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2010 03:12 PM PDT

Assistant Essex County prosecutor Thomas McTigue shows the jury a gun as he presents his closing arguments in the trial of Rodolfo Godinez at the Essex County Courthouse, on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, in Newark, N.J.  Godinez is the first of six defendants to stand trial for the 2007 murders of three friends in a Newark schoolyard. (AP Photo/Tony Kurdzuk, Pool)AP - The execution-style slayings of three friends in a New Jersey schoolyard nearly three years ago were carried out to test the mettle of an aspiring gang member, a prosecutor told jury members Wednesday as the first trial stemming from the attacks neared a conclusion.


Senate to consider $23 billion for schools (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2010 02:20 PM PDT

Reuters - A leading Senator on education intends to attach $23 billion for public schools to a military spending bill that could come up for debate this week, his office said on Wednesday.

Students escape bus that ignited on LA freeway (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2010 02:16 PM PDT

A burned out school bus sits in the eastbound lanes of the 101 Freeway Wednesday May 19, 2010 in Los Angeles. Motorists jumped from vehicles to kick open doors and help 23 third-graders out of this blazing school bus that had stalled on a busy freeway Wednesday near Universal Studios Hollywood, authorities and witnesses said.(AP Photo/Mike Meadows)AP - Motorists jumped from vehicles to kick open doors and help about two dozen third-graders out of a blazing school bus that had stalled on a busy freeway Wednesday near Universal Studios Hollywood, authorities and witnesses said.


7 Questions to Ask When Considering a Gap Year (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 19 May 2010 08:50 AM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - While it has been a longtime tradition for high school graduates in Europe to spend a "gap year" traveling the world and volunteering before college, this practice is becoming more popular and accepted in the United States. U.S. News spoke with students who took a gap year before college, as well as gap year counselors and college admissions officials, to answer common questions related to taking a gap year.

Fla. teen beating victim getting ready to go home (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2010 04:59 AM PDT

AP - The 15-year-old Florida girl brutally attacked by another teen at a middle school is getting ready to go home.

Report: Reading skills in early grades are crucial to success (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 May 2010 04:52 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Those working to improve high school and college graduation rates may need to focus their attention on a milestone that comes far earlier: whether students can read well by the end of third grade.

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