2011年6月26日星期日

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


School bus overturns on I-81 in Pa., injuring 25 (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 04:27 PM PDT

AP - A school bus transporting children to camp overturned on a rural Pennsylvania interstate Sunday afternoon, injuring more than two dozen people and closing the highway for hours.

Detroit Schools boss: 'Focus on educating kids' (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:26 AM PDT

In this June 24, 2011 photo, Detroit schools emergency manager Roy Roberts is interviewed in Detroit. Roberts knew that the job he was being asked to take was difficult, just as the Detroit Public Schools' $327 million budget deficit was massive. The former General Motors Corp. exec and venture capitalist didn’t realize just how bad things were in the district that had considered bankruptcy and was heading toward systemic collapse. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - After only about a month as top boss of Detroit Public Schools, Roy Roberts, a 72-year-old former General Motors executive and private equity firm founder, is well aware that some people already want him gone.


LA schools step up oversight of stumbling charters (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 08:01 AM PDT

AP - The auditorium at the Los Angeles Unified school board was awash in varying shades of blue shirts at a recent meeting — sky blue belonged to parents from Crescendo Schools, while navy was worn by parents from ICEF Public Schools. Outside, another group of parents chanted and waved picket signs to "save ICEF schools."
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