2011年5月21日星期六

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


GOP freshmen share how to handle town hall anger (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 02:27 PM PDT

In this photo taken May 18, 2011, photo freshman Republican Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., speaks at a town hall meeting in Tusayan, Ariz.  'Did your own personal health care (concerns) get heard?' Gosar asked about 40 people gathered there to hear him. 'No,' came the answer. Six months into their jobs, the newcomers are acclimating to their roles, to Congress, to their constituents and to the reality that the 2012 election, when every House member is on the ballot, is under way. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)AP - U.S. Rep. Andy Harris answers Medicare questions before his Maryland constituents even ask them. Clear across the country, fellow freshman GOP Rep. Paul Gosar does the asking, in very generic terms.


Obama: Schools can improve with right incentives (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 01:36 PM PDT

President Barack Obama carries his iPad as he departs the Oval Office at the White House in Washington for an afternoon of golf Saturday, May 21, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Trying to make his case for overhauling the nation's education laws, President Barack Obama is highlighting progress at a Tennessee high school as evidence that the proper incentives can help all schools succeed.


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