2011年6月20日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Michigan to take over Detroit's worst schools (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 04:14 PM PDT

Reuters - Detroit's poorest-performing schools will be placed in the hands of a new statewide authority next year, the latest attempt to turn around one of the worst education systems in the nation.

Worst of Detroit schools to be moved to new system (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 03:50 PM PDT

Roy Roberts, left, the emergency manager of the Detroit school district and Gov. Rick Snyder shake hands at a news conference in Detroit, Monday, June 20, 2011. A new school system is being formed to oversee the Detroit Public Schools' lowest-performing institutions as part of a broader effort to improve education in the state, Gov. Snyder announced Monday. The public-private partnership involves the struggling Detroit district as well as Eastern Michigan University. He said the schools would have a year to prepare and the authority would oversee them starting in the 2012-2013 school year. Snyder says the pilot program, called the Education Achievement System, could later be expanded statewide. Snyder made the announcement along with Roberts, the emergency manager of the Detroit school district whom he appointed earlier this year. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - The worst of Detroit's schools will be pulled out of the district — which the nation's top education official calls the "bottom of the barrel" — and placed in a new system that gives principals and staff more control over spending, hiring and improvement efforts, state officials announced Monday.

Student visa program: New rules, same problems (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 02:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2010 file photo, Iuliia Bolgaryna, right, and her roommates Olga Nevdakha, left, and Tetiana Pasichnyk, center, sit together during an interview in Surf City, N.C. Bolgaryna came to work in summer 2010 at a souvenir store in North Carolina. The store manager offered to let her and two other women from the Ukraine stay with him for $120 a week. But he wouldn't let them eat at the table, so they huddled together for meals on the floor. They worked loads of overtime but were only paid for 40 hours a week. The store manager declined to comment. 'It was almost normal that he screamed, that we worked 14 hours, that we ate on the floor,' she said. 'That was our America.' The State Department is acknowledging that one of its most popular exchange programs leaves foreign college students vulnerable to exploitation. It's unclear if new regulations the agency is pushing will stop the abuses. The revised rules which take effect July 15, 2011 will shift more responsibility onto companies designated sponsors in the J-1 Summer Work Travel Program. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - The State Department is publicly acknowledging that one of its most popular exchange programs leaves foreign college students vulnerable to exploitation, but it's unclear if new regulations the agency is pushing will do enough to stop the abuses.

Wikipedia Gradually Accepted in College Classrooms (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 07:48 AM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - In 1775, Paul Revere boisterously rung bells to warn colonists of an impending influx of British soldiers.

Ask College Officials About Graduation Rates (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 07:46 AM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - While the focus in your college search is on finding and getting into colleges that represent good "fits" for you, now is also a good time to begin assessing the manner in which you will be supported in achieving your educational goals. After all, what better way to gauge the extent to which you will be valued in a given academic environment than to determine that place's likely investment in your success? As you visit college campuses, then, be prepared to ask following questions.

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