2011年1月7日星期五

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


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

These images provided by the Millard Public Schools shows undated photos of Millard Vice Principal Vicki Kaspar, 58, left, and Principal Curtis Case, 45. Kaspar died at a hospital hours after the shooting, Case was listed in stable condition police said. The son of a police detective opened fire at a Nebraska high school Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 fatally wounding the assistant principal and forcing panicked students to take cover in the kitchen of the building just as they returned from holiday break. (AP Photo/Millard Public Schools) NO SALESAP - 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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