2011年7月21日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Education News


Science materials in Texas get prelim. approval (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Joe Zamecki protests out side a building where theTexas Board of Education was holding a meeting, Thursday, July 21, 2011, in Austin, Texas.  The debate over teaching evolution in public schools is resurfacing at the Texas State Board of Education. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - The Texas State Board of Education has given preliminary approval to supplemental science materials for the upcoming school year and beyond.


More states defying federal gov't on education law (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 04:55 PM PDT

AP - At least three states are vowing to ignore the latest requirements under the No Child Left Behind law in an act of defiance against the federal government that demonstrates their growing frustration over an education program they say sets unrealistic benchmarks for schools.

Family group sues New York City schools over light fixtures (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:07 PM PDT

Reuters - A coalition of families has filed a lawsuit demanding that New York City public schools remove aging fluorescent light fixtures it says are leaking a toxic substance that may harm children's health.

India's "recycled" school teaches environmental lessons (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 08:48 AM PDT

Reuters - On a regular school day, four-year-old Kush Bhattacharya can leave his mathematics class to run barefoot on grass, hide from his friends in a cave made of cow dung and return to recite nursery rhymes in a red bus that doubles up as a classroom.

For-profit colleges sue Dept of Education over new rule (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 04:42 AM PDT

Reuters - An association of for-profit colleges in the United States has sued the Department of Education to block the implementation of a controversial rule, saying the rulemaking process was flawed and the agency was overreaching in its capacity to frame such rules.

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