Yahoo! News: Education News

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• American Samoa education official indicted (AP)
• NYC charter school gets $20M Goldman Sachs gift (AP)
• Obama says education is key to innovation (AP)
• Health Buzz: Popularity Could Help Predict Flu (U.S. News & World Report)
• Fenty's Loss in D.C.: A Blow to Rhee's Education Reform? (Time.com)
• Vincent Gray beats Adrian Fenty: What does it mean for school reform? (The Christian Science Monitor)

American Samoa education official indicted (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 03:34 PM PDT AP - The director of the school lunch program in American Samoa has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C.

NYC charter school gets $20M Goldman Sachs gift (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 01:38 PM PDT AP - A fund created by the Goldman Sachs investment banking and securities firm is giving $20 million for a charter school and community center in New York City.

Obama says education is key to innovation (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 01:06 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says innovation is key to the country's economic future but that innovation depends on students developing their skills in science, technology, engineering and math.

Health Buzz: Popularity Could Help Predict Flu (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 12:35 PM PDT U.S. News & World Report - Perhaps popularity isn't all it's cracked up to be: Popular people tend to catch flu first, new research suggests. People with the most social connections came down with the virus earlier than their less-popular peers, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal PLoS ONE. Researchers followed nearly 800 students at Harvard University throughout the 2009 flu season. Half were randomly selected; the other half were named as friends by those in the original group. The health of students in both groups was monitored through self-reporting and data from Harvard's health center. ...

Fenty's Loss in D.C.: A Blow to Rhee's Education Reform? (Time.com) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 01:50 AM PDT Time.com - Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty appointed revolutionary school chancellor Michelle Rhee. Will his defeat to Vincent Gray in the Democratic primary mean that Rhee may exit too? How the fate of her sweeping reform is in doubt

Vincent Gray beats Adrian Fenty: What does it mean for school reform? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 10:23 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - With Mayor Adrian Fenty’s loss to D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray in Tuesday’s mayoral primary, all eyes are on what will happen to some of the most aggressive school reforms in the country.

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