2011年1月26日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Senators pledge to work jointly on education (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 04:26 PM PST

AP - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators pledged Wednesday to work together to revamp the federal No Child Left Behind education law, a day after President Barack Obama called on lawmakers in his State of the Union address to speed up overhaul of the Bush-era policy.

Boehner hopes to revive DC school voucher program (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:58 PM PST

AP - GOP House Speaker John Boehner and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman introduced legislation Wednesday to revive a school voucher program for District of Columbia students nearly two years after Congress began phasing it out.

Your Professor, Your Computer, and You (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 11:38 AM PST

U.S. News & World Report - Can students possibly learn more sitting alone, staring at a computer screen for hours on end than they could sitting amongst peers and interacting directly with an expert well versed in the subject at hand? Surprisingly, several studies, including one by the U.S. Department of Education, suggest that students are able to retain more and perform slightly better in an online setting than in a traditional one.

UK university awards first Beatles degree (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 09:16 AM PST

Reuters - A Canadian woman has become the first person in the world to graduate with a Masters degree in Beatles studies.

American students do poorly in science, report says (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 06:46 AM PST

Reuters - American students scored poorly on a national test of science proficiency, a new report said, suggesting a tough road ahead for President Barack Obama's goal of educating a workforce to compete in the global economy.

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