2010年9月12日星期日

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News

LA environmental school site in toxic soil cleanup (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 12:51 PM PDT

In this Sept. 9, 2010 photo, a cover for a monitoring well is seen in a completed part of the playground as drilling of wells to take soil samples and monitor water and air pollution continues nearby at new green themed school, buildings at rear, named for noted conservationists Rachel Carson and Al Gore, near downtown Los Angeles. The three-acre site, located in a low-income was contaminated with carcinogenic solvents that leaked from 17 underground storage tanks discovered during construction. The land had been previously used by light industrial businesses. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Students at a new green themed school named for noted conservationists Rachel Carson and Al Gore don't have to go far for a lesson in environmental contamination: Their $75 million campus was laden with toxic soil.

Bill Gates, John Legend tout education reform (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 07:15 PM PDT

Musician John Legend and Bill Gates speak at the AFP - Harvard University dropout and Microsoft founder Bill Gates and once homeschooled Grammy-winning singer John Legend made a pitch for reforming America's beleaguered public schools.

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