2011年3月16日星期三

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Feds eye anti-Semitism claims at Calif university (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 05:08 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. Department of Education is investigating a faculty member's complaint that a series of pro-Palestinian events at a California university crossed the line into anti-Semitism and created a hostile environment for Jewish students.

Shooter in 1997 school attack testifies at hearing (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PDT

Gardena High School students line up before school for a security check on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 in Gardena, Calif. The high school where a gun went off in a student's backpack and wounded two classmates failed to use a metal-detector to check youngsters as required, the incoming head of the Los Angeles Unified School District said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - A man serving a life prison sentence for killing three classmates in a Kentucky high school shooting that shocked the nation in 1997 testified Wednesday that he was commanded to attack by delusions in the form of voices he called "the danes."


Graduate School Stafford Loan FAQs (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 08:55 AM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - Graduate students who are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, haven't defaulted on other federal student loans, and attend school at least half time are eligible

Repay Student Loans Based on Your Income (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 08:41 AM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - The College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA) has been a breakthrough for everyone looking to afford a higher education. There are two distinct components related to loan repayment: The first, discussed below, is Income-Based Repayment (IBR) that allows graduates to pay back their federal loans on a sliding scale based on their income. The second, discussed in last week's blog, is Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), which provides forgiveness on federal educational loans for people who work in the public service sector for 10 years.

Home schooling's appeal spreads to mainstream (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 07:15 AM PDT

Reuters - Studying at Harvard, meeting for group French lessons, volunteering at a hospital and spending a day in the wilderness are just a glimpse into a typical day of home schooling, which looks dramatically different today from just a mere decade ago.

FACT CHECK: Are 82 percent of schools 'failing'? (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 12:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 14, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, talks to students during an unannounced stop in the auditorium at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo, File)AP - President Barack Obama declared this week that four of five public schools could be labeled as "failing" this year under the No Child Left Behind Act if Congress does not take action to rewrite the law.


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