2011年10月13日星期四

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


RI atheist student confident in prayer mural suit (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT

Jessica Ahlquist, 16, left, arrives at U.S. District Court, in Providence, R.I., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, with her attorney Lynette Labinger, right. Ahlquist, who is an atheist, and is being represented by the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, wants Cranston High School West officials to remove a Christian prayer banner, arguing that it is offensive to non-Christians. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - A 16-year-old atheist said Thursday she is confident the law is on her side in her fight over a prayer mural that she wants removed from the auditorium of her high school.


Panel revokes teaching licenses of 11 in Atlanta (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 01:32 PM PDT

Georgia Professional Standards Commission members Meredith Hodges, right, and Bill Haskin, take part in a vote to revoke the teaching licenses of eight teachers and three school administrators accused in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 in Atlanta. The commission voted Thursday on the first batch of cases from a state probe that revealed widespread cheating in nearly half of the district's 100 schools as far back as 2001. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - A Georgia state commission decided Thursday to revoke the teaching licenses of eight teachers and three school administrators in the Atlanta Public Schools, imposing the first sanctions in one of the nation's largest school cheating scandals.


Most states to seek exception to education law (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 01:00 PM PDT

AP - A majority of states intend to take President Barack Obama up on his offer to let them get around unpopular requirements in the "No Child Left Behind" education law, the Education Department said Thursday.

List of states seeking waiver around education law (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 10:59 AM PDT

AP - List of states seeking waiver around education law
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