Yahoo! News: Education News

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• 44 of 172 Detroit schools slated to close in June (AP)
• Education reform: Can poor test scores get a teacher fired? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Government sets school bonds, Congress approves rebates (Reuters)
• Top private school in poison soup mystery (Reuters)

44 of 172 Detroit schools slated to close in June (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:37 PM PDT AP - Doors are expected to shut on more than a quarter of Detroit's 172 public schools in June as the district fights through steadily declining enrollment and a budget deficit of more than $219 million, an emergency financial manager said Wednesday.

Education reform: Can poor test scores get a teacher fired? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 01:40 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Imagine if a computer could identify the weakest-link teachers â€" the ones who should be told it's time to get out of the classroom.

Government sets school bonds, Congress approves rebates (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 11:27 AM PDT Reuters - State and school districts can now tap their 2010 allocations of stimulus school construction bonds, which total $11 billion, the Treasury and Education Departments said on Wednesday, as the U.S. Congress moved to create more demand for the debt.

Top private school in poison soup mystery (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:50 AM PDT Reuters - An investigation has begun at one of Britain's most prestigious private schools after a member of staff was arrested on suspicion of trying to poison the pupils' soup, police said on Wednesday.

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