2010年11月23日星期二

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Panel: Deny NYC mayor's choice for schools (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 05:08 PM PST

AP - An advisory panel appointed to weigh the qualifications of Hearst Magazines Chairwoman Cathie Black to head New York City schools recommended on Tuesday denying a waiver that would allow the noneducator to serve as chancellor of the country's largest school system.

Fewer for-profit college students graduate (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 04:01 PM PST

Reuters - Just 22 percent of freshmen who enroll in for-profit schools graduate within six years, compared with 57 percent at nonprofit schools, according to a report by Education Trust issued on Tuesday.

Police search for bank robber inside NJ school (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 03:46 PM PST

Children are loaded onto a bus at Parkview Elementary School in Westville, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Police in a southern New Jersey community are looking for a bank robber who reportedly was seen in the vicinity of an elementary school. The school has been locked down and police are searching the building. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Police went classroom-to-classroom inside an elementary school Tuesday looking for a bank robber who was reportedly seen nearby, but ended the search hours later without finding the suspect.


Scottish university a proud royal match-maker (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 06:52 AM PST

Reuters - When Britain's Prince William went to St Andrews University, little did he know he'd find his future bride in the tiny coastal town.
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