2010年7月15日星期四

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


School aims to re-teach civics with focus on faith (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 12:05 PM PDT

Eric Wilson, head of the Kentucky 9/12 Project, portrays a representative of the tyrannical kingdom as he talks to children on the first night of Vacation Liberty School at a church in Georgetown, Ky., Monday, July 12, 2010.  (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)AP - Call it vacation Bible school, Glenn Beck-style.


School funds fight ramps up, Obama threatens veto (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:51 AM PDT

Reuters - The fight to win extra federal funding for states for education jobs is growing fiercer in the U.S. Congress, just as President Barack Obama threatens to veto a $10 billion schools measure if the money is taken from a stimulus education program.

House bill would make school lunches healthier (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 08:44 AM PDT

AP - House Democrats are moving forward on first lady Michelle Obama's vision for healthier school lunches, propelling legislation that calls for tougher standards governing food in school and more meals for hungry children.

Illegal immigrants hold DC 'teach-in' to push bill (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 08:33 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 25, 2010 photo, activists from a group called the Student Immigrant Movement protest at the Statehouse in Boston.  Members of the group announced that they will attend a 'Dream University,' a makeshift school in front of the U.S. Capitol, in an effort to highlight the plight of illegal immigrant students who can't attend college for in-state tuition rates in states like Massachusetts.  (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)AP - They can't get citizenship or in-state tuition rates, so they're taking the next steps — the Capitol and White House steps, that is.


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