2010年2月8日星期一

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Attorney: Ala. school shooting likely gang-related (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 05:09 PM PST

A shocked student leaves with her father after Todd Brown, a 14-year-old boy, was shot by a fellow student, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 at the Discovery Middle School in Madison, Ala. A ninth-grader is in extremely critical condition after being shot by another student at an Alabama middle school.  Officials said 14-year-old Todd Brown was taken by ambulance to Huntsville Hospital from Discovery Middle School, where the shooting occurred Friday afternoon. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily,  Jeronimo Nisa)  MAGS OUT; NO SALESAP - A lawyer for a ninth-grader charged with shooting a fellow student to death at their Alabama school says the violence was likely related to gang activity.


Audit: Merged districts could save Kan. millions (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 02:23 PM PST

AP - Consolidating public school districts in Kansas could save millions of taxpayer dollars, although not enough to solve the state's budget crisis this year, according to a new report released Monday.

On tapes, Mass. teen denies high school stabbing (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 12:10 PM PST

AP - In a recorded jailhouse conversation, a teenager charged with fatally stabbing another student at a suburban high school told a friend he was being "persecuted" because he stayed behind to help the victim.

Ag Secretary pushes school nutrition plan (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 11:53 AM PST

This Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 photo shows students eating lunch at Sharon Elementary School in Sharon, Vt. The school is part of the national Farm to School program, aimed at getting healthier meals in school cafeterias and improving student nutrition. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - The Obama administration will ask Congress to improve childhood nutrition by ridding school vending machines of sugary snacks and drinks and giving school lunch and breakfast to more kids.


Farm to School program changes kids' views on food (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 12:13 AM PST

This Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 photo shows students preparing a vegetable soup at Sharon Elementary School in Sharon, Vt. The school is part of the national Farm to School program, aimed at getting healthier meals in school cafeterias and improving student nutrition. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - The third and fourth graders at Sharon Elementary know where the veggies in their soup come from because they've visited the farms. They know the nutritional value of the carrots, onions and cabbage because they've studied them in class, and they know how they're grown because they've nurtured them in raised beds out back.


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