2011年3月20日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Detroit schools struggle to solve huge budget woes (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 08:24 AM PDT

In this March 15, 2011 photo, teacher Calvin Hobbs works with students at African-centered Timbuktu Academy of Science and Technology in Detroit. Timbuktu has about 350 students in kindergarten through eighth grade and is one of nine Detroit Public Schools-authorized charter schools. The school district’s emergency financial manager is proposing turning the operation of 41 academically challenged schools over to charter operators to help cut into a $327 million legacy budget deficit. (AP Photo)AP - Robert Bobb has spent the past two years closing dozens of schools and firing principals in an effort to fix the failing Detroit Public Schools. Yet, he still hasn't solved the problem for which he was hired — erasing a legacy budget deficit that now stands at $327 million.

Why the SAT's Reality TV Question is Good for Kids (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 08:14 PM PDT

The Daily Beast - Some parents are up in arms over an SAT question that demands knowledge of reality TV. But Kyle Spencer argues that keeping kids sequestered from the boob tube will hurt them later in life. Plus, College Board chief Laurence Bunin defends the essay prompt.

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

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:20 PM 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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