2011年8月17日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Joplin goes back to school 3 months after twister (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 05:16 PM PDT

Students in a cadet teaching class carry donated school supplies to a classroom on the first day of school at a temporary high school in a converted big-box store in Joplin, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. School started on time in the district nearly three months after an EF-5 tornado destroyed six schools and damaged four others along with killing 160 people and devastating a third of the city. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - Seniors and juniors are taking classes in a converted big-box store. Freshmen and sophomores are in a building across town. The new middle school is in an industrial park.

Police: School bomb plot aimed for mass casualties (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 02:06 PM PDT

AP - Tampa police have arrested an expelled student after thwarting what they deemed a potentially "catastrophic" plot to set off a bomb at his former high school and cause mass casualties on the first day of classes next week, authorities said Wednesday.

Americans shedding debt–except when it comes to student loans (The Lookout)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 02:04 PM PDT

The Lookout - Americans are slowly wading their way out of debt--except for those pesky student loans. Consumers owe a collective $550 billion in student loans, up 25 percent from 2008. All other forms of consumer credit, including mortgages and credit cards, are down sharply over the same period, according to a New York Federal Reserve report. Overall, U.S. [...]

University of Miami Sports Supposedly Up to Its Old, Corrupt Tricks (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:35 PM PDT

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Pennsylvania says most schools will be cleared of cheating accusations (The Lookout)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:45 AM PDT

The Lookout - Pennsylvania school officials say most of the 89 schools in the state that were flagged for potential cheating will be cleared of wrongdoing. Data coding errors and jumps in school enrollment will explain away many of the anomalies flagged in the $183,000 analysis, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports. The state review found high erasure rates or [...]

Florida police foil bomb plot at Tampa school (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 10:31 AM PDT

Jared Cano (R) is led out of the courtroom after appearing before judge Tracy Sheehan in the Hillsborough County, Florida Courthouse Annex August 17, 2011. Florida police on Wednesday said they had uncovered a plot by the 17-year-old Cano to attack and cause mass casualties at his former school, Freedom High School, in Orlando after arresting him and discovering bomb-making material at his home. REUTERS/Cherie Diez-St. Petersburg Times/Handout FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. TAMPA OUT. USA TODAY OUT. HERNANDO OUT. CITRUS COUNTY CHRONICLE OUT. NO SALES NO MAGAZINESReuters - Florida police said on Wednesday they arrested a 17-year-old who had material to make pipe bombs at his home and had planned to attack and cause mass casualties at the Tampa high school that had expelled him.

Sex offenders banned from driving NY school buses (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 07:20 AM PDT

Reuters - Anyone convicted of a sexual crime against children will be banned from becoming a school bus driver in New York under a new law.

Police: Arson claims old 1-room Vt. schoolhouse (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 07:46 PM PDT

AP - Police say a historic one-room schoolhouse in Vermont has been destroyed by arson.

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