2011年9月12日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Education News


LA school officer convicted in fake shooting (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 04:49 PM PDT

FILE This undated file photo provided by the Los Angeles Unified School District shows  Officer Jeff Stenroos who was was convicted Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, in Los Angeles of felony counts of planting false evidence, insurance fraud, giving false evidence, workers compensation fraud and a misdemeanor count of making a false report of an emergency. He could face more than five years in prison when he is sentenced.  The purported shooting on Jan. 19 prompted a massive police search for a gunman and led to 9,000 students being held in their schools for hours. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Unified School District, File)AP - A school police officer who sparked a school lockdown and a massive manhunt after he claimed to have been shot while on patrol was convicted Monday of fraud and other offenses for making the whole thing up.


Student loan default rates jump (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 02:34 PM PDT

Graphic charts federal student loan default rates since 1990.AP - The number of borrowers defaulting on federal student loans has jumped sharply, the latest indication that rising college tuition costs, low graduation rates and poor job prospects are getting more and more students over their heads in debt.


Yale brings back Air Force ROTC after long absence (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 02:20 PM PDT

AP - The Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps is going back to Yale University under an agreement signed Monday, joining the Naval ROTC in returning to the Ivy League campus after a decades-long absence.
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