Yahoo! News: Education News

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• 6 girls arrested in Facebook teacher attack invite (AP)
• Deposition order set in Brown University rape suit (AP)
• 100+ Online Resources That Are Transforming Education (Mashable)
• Ban on grinding leads Vt. school to cancel dance (AP)
• Victims of Omaha shooting lauded for dedication (AP)
• University mistake sends disqualification letters (AP)
• N.H. case: Can a divorced parent veto home schooling? (The Christian Science Monitor)

6 girls arrested in Facebook teacher attack invite (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 03:34 PM PST AP - Six girls have been arrested after students were invited on Facebook to take part in "Attack a Teacher Day" at two middle schools.

Deposition order set in Brown University rape suit (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 01:35 PM PST AP - A former Brown University student who says he was falsely branded a rapist must be questioned under oath before his lawyers can speak with the woman who accused him, a federal magistrate ruled Friday.

100+ Online Resources That Are Transforming Education (Mashable) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 06:09 AM PST Mashable - Yury Lifshits is working on algorithms and prototypes of new services at Yahoo! Research. Before that he was teaching university courses in the U.S., Germany, Russia and Estonia. He blogs at yurylifshits.com and publishes his teaching materials at yury.name/teaching.

Ban on grinding leads Vt. school to cancel dance (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 04:06 AM PST AP - A winter ball at a Vermont high school has been canceled in part because of slow ticket sales caused by a ban on the style of dancing called grinding.

Victims of Omaha shooting lauded for dedication (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 09:25 PM PST AP - The victims of this week's deadly school shooting in Omaha are being lauded by friends and colleagues as dedicated professionals who were committed to their students.

University mistake sends disqualification letters (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 08:53 PM PST AP - Officials at California State University, Los Angeles, have apologized to about 500 students who mistakenly received letters saying they'd been academically disqualified from returning for the winter quarter.

N.H. case: Can a divorced parent veto home schooling? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 03:32 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - When divorced parents disagree on whether a child should be home-schooled, how should courts weigh the issues?

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