2010年6月9日星期三

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


One-room Northern California schoolhouse to close (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:16 PM PDT

AP - A 157-year tradition in a small Northern California community is coming to an end with the closure of its one-room schoolhouse.

Man accused of duping Harvard got into Stanford (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 01:38 PM PDT

This May 10, 2010 Delaware State Police booking photo released by the Middlesex County, Mass., district attorney's office shows Adam Wheeler, of Deleware, indicted on identity fraud, larceny and falsifying documents from several prestigious schools including Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (AP Photo/Delaware State Police)AP - A Delaware man charged with faking his way into Harvard was accepted at Stanford University after he was kicked out of the Ivy League school, prosecutors said in court documents filed Wednesday.


Job outlook brightens for new grads — just barely (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 01:14 PM PDT

Corey Fry tries on his cap and gown at his apartment in San Francisco, Tuesday, June 8, 2010.  Fry, a graduate from the University of California at San Francisco nursing school,  says will have to move to another part of the country in search of a job. College diplomas in hand or soon to be, the Class of 2010 is struggling to find work in an employment climate that has brightened somewhat but remains bleak. Even supposedly safe fields like nursing and accounting are tough. Would-be teachers, too, are facing their worst prospects in years. The job-hunt watchwords for new college graduates: patience, flexibility and short-term sacrifice for long-term gain. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - To get a sense of the job market new college graduates face, consider the latest crop of nurses from Santa Rosa Junior College. Just eight of the 55 students are leaving with job offers — and that's considered good news.


Conn. school board to appeal church grad ruling (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 06:41 PM PDT

AP - A Connecticut school board has voted to appeal a federal court ruling that would keep the town's two high school graduation ceremonies out of a megachurch.

NY teen charged in 2nd plot on his old high school (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 06:26 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Suffolk County Police Department shows Christopher Franko, 18, accused of plotting with another teen to pull off a Columbine-style attack on his former high school on New York's Long Island. Franko and Dana Saltzman, 16, were plotting to attack Connetquot High School in Bohemia, N.Y., on Thursday, June 10, 2010, with shotguns and explosives, prosecutors said. (AP Photo/Suffolk County Police Department)AP - A teenager plotted with another to pull off a Columbine-style attack on his former high school, authorities on New York's Long Island said Tuesday — the second time in three years he has been accused of such a plot.


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