2010年3月11日星期四

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Minneapolis schools end lockdown in 2nd day (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 04:56 PM PST

AP - A lockdown has ended at Minneapolis Public Schools after police say a threat made on a social networking site turned out to be not credible.

Few details about ambitious KC school closing plan (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 04:25 PM PST

In this photo taken Feb. 28, 2010, the Kansas City Board of Education building, located near the Sprint Center, is seen from McGee Street, in Kansas City, Mo. Sale of the building would help as the board tries to cut $50 million from next years budget. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)AP - Kansas City school officials promised Thursday to shut down nearly half the district's schools by the start of classes in the fall without offering details of how they intend to implement the complicated plan in just a matter of months.


Mediator to lead talks over firing of RI teachers (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 10:38 AM PST

AP - The head of a troubled Rhode Island school that fired all its teachers has agreed to use a mediator in upcoming negotiations with the teachers' union.

Japan's spouse hunters hone skills at marriage school (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 10:17 AM PST

Reuters - In search of Mr. or Mrs. Right, dozens of Japanese are attending a newly launched school in Tokyo that aims to turn them into marriage material.

Ala. professor accused of 3 killings fired (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 09:48 AM PST

A memorial stands outside the Universtiy Center at the University of Alabama Huntsville campus on Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, in Huntsville, Ala. Professor Nihal Teoh, center, smiles as she walks past the band from Oakwood University at the entrance to the Shelby Center on the University of Alabama Huntsville campus on Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, in Huntsville, Ala. Students are returning to class Monday at the University of Alabama in Huntsville for the first time since a campus shooting claimed the lives of three professors. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)AP - The University of Alabama in Huntsville has fired the professor accused of shooting six co-workers, killing three.


Uniform academic standards for US students: draft released (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:20 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The public got its first look Wednesday at the English and math academic standards that may eventually be the new norm for America’s K-12 schools â€" an important step in the Obama administration’s effort to raise expectations for what students should learn and to shift schools toward the goal of “college and career readiness.”
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