2010年3月3日星期三

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News

RI school leader calls for talks, not mass firing (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:32 PM PST

AP - A district superintendent who fired all the teachers from one of the state's most troubled schools said Wednesday she's willing to negotiate with its teachers' union after it publicly pledged to support reforms.

First lady tours Miss. schools to tout health (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:31 PM PST

First lady Michelle Obama, right, applauds the students of Brinkley Middle School in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, March 3, 2010, before speaking about her healthy schools campaign, 'Let's Move!'. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - First lady Michelle Obama visited Jackson on Wednesday and watched children play on swings and a jungle gym at a school whose programs have been lauded for fighting obesity by keeping kids active.

Election weakens Texas ed board conservatives (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:21 PM PST

AP - The Texas state education board's influential Christian conservative bloc was weakened Wednesday after one of its most prominent members lost his seat to a moderate Republican. Another reliably conservative seat was headed to a runoff.

House bill limits school use of restraints (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 01:42 PM PST

AP - Physically restraining unruly schoolchildren or locking them in isolated spaces would be subject to federal restrictions under legislation passed by the House Wednesday. Lawmakers were responding to reports that abuses of restraint and seclusion methods have resulted in children being injured and even killed.

Homemade device leaks fumes in Detroit school (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 09:53 AM PST

AP - A student threw a homemade explosive device in the hallway of a school on Wednesday, causing it to leak fumes and forcing the school's evacuation but not injuring anyone, authorities said.

Ala. university shooting victim slowly recovering (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 09:01 AM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo released Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, by the University of Alabama-Huntsville, faculty member Joseph Leahy is shown. Before Feb. 12, 2010 when gunfire shattered an afternoon faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Leahy was known as an approachable, concerned teacher who could engage students on the most complex of topics. Today, he is recovering from a mass shooting that killed three colleagues, injured two others and left another in jail facing potential death penalty charges. (AP Photo/University of Alabama-Huntsville, File) NO SALESAP - Joseph Leahy's successes come little by little these days.

Bomb detonated in Detroit school; no injuries (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 07:42 AM PST

AP - Authorities say a homemade bomb was detonated in the hallway of a Detroit school and that a student has been taken into custody.

US teachers more interested in reform than money (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 08:59 PM PST

In this Feb. 4, 2010 photograph, Barry Emison, a tool and dye technology teacher at Itawamba Community College in Tupelo, Miss., ICC, says 'about 100 percent' of the students in the program hoped to get a job at Toyota or one of the suppliers that plan to set up shop in Mississippi. Toyota says it's holding off production in Blue Springs, not because of the recall, but until the car market improves and the company sells off 'excess capacity.' (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - U.S. teachers are more interested in school reform and student achievement than their paychecks, according to a massive new survey.

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