2011年6月29日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Atlanta schools chief leaves amid cheating probe (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 02:03 PM PDT

FILE - In a Feb. 20, 2009 file photo, Beverly Hall, Atlanta superintendent of public schools, holds up her award after she was named the 2009 Superintendent of the Year at the American Association of School Administrators' National Conference on Education in San Francisco. Longtime Atlanta schools chief Beverly Hall has been lauded nationally as a model superintendent for turning around a struggling urban district. But the Jamaica native is retiring under a cloud of suspicion from allegations of widespread cheating in the 50,000-student district and accusations by a former employee that she ordered a cover up of test tampering. Hall is set to leave her job on June 30, just days before state investigators are expected to announce the results of a yearlong probe into whether educators changed answers on students' tests. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Longtime Atlanta schools chief Beverly Hall has been lauded nationally as a top leader for turning around struggling urban districts, but she retires this week amid allegations of widespread cheating and accusations that she ordered a cover-up of test tampering.

The Student Loan Ranger's Mailbag Express: Consolidation and Repayment (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 12:16 PM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - Another month, another payment closer to loan forgiveness for the Student Loan Ranger. That's right: We don't just talk the talk; we walk the walk and we pay the debt.

5 Tips to Use the Summer Before College Wisely (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 12:13 PM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - After running a 12-year marathon, many high school seniors cross a long-awaited finish line with both a diploma and a college acceptance letter in hand. And between that race and the next lay three warm summer months, often devoid of responsibility.

U.S. News to Collect Online Education Data (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 12:03 PM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - As early as mid-July, U.S.News & World Report will begin a first-ever effort to collect in depth data from all online bachelor's and five master's degree level education programs in the United States. To that end, U.S. News Editor Brian Kelly reached out to college presidents to inform them about the new and exciting online education project and to urge them to help facilitate a response from their campuses. Below is the full text of the letter:

Saint Martins' fashion grads can connect the dots (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 10:36 AM PDT

This May 31, 2011 photo shows a model wearing a student design during the Central Saint Martins fashion school BA show in London. A fashion show displaying creations by 22-year-olds at a shabby old community sports hall doesn't sound like the kind of place London's glamorous fashion elite would gather. But these aren't any old kids, and the host not your local college. It's Central Saint Martins, widely known as one of the best fashion schools in the world, the launch pad of such names as Alexander McQueen and John Galliano. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)AP - A shabby community sports hall doesn't seem like the place for London's fashion elite to gather for a show by a bunch of 22-year-olds.

Italy promotes vocational education to match youth with jobs (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:02 AM PDT

Reuters - Recruiters at Italian defense and aerospace firm Finmeccanica have jobs to offer but can't find the right people, despite high youth unemployment in the euro zone's third-largest economy.

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