2010年9月25日星期六

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Newark hopes Facebook gift translates to results (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 10:26 AM PDT

DILE - In this May, 26, 2010 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about the social network site's new privacy settings in Palo Alto, Calif. Schools in New Jersey's largest city are poised to receive $100 million Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, from the founder of Facebook. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, file)AP - New Jersey has already thrown enough money at its largest school district to make it among the nation's best-funded, yet it remains in the pits. Can a $100 million gift from the founder of Facebook really turn it around?


Texas ed board adopts resolution limiting Islam (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 06:20 PM PDT

AP - The Texas State Board of Education adopted a resolution Friday that seeks to curtail references to Islam in Texas textbooks, as social conservative board members warned of what they describe as a creeping Middle Eastern influence in the nation's publishing industry.
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