2011年11月9日星期三

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Campbell University lock-down in North Carolina ends (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 03:25 PM PST

Reuters - A lock-down of Campbell University's main campus in North Carolina ended without incident on Wednesday, with a student who had barricaded himself inside a home taken into custody, university officials said.

Voters approve 84.3 pct of bonds on ballots (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 11:48 AM PST

Reuters - Voters approved nearly $14 billion of bond issues on Tuesday, or 84.3 percent of the $16.5 billion of bond requests that appeared on ballots in 27 states, data company Ipreo reported on Wednesday.

Bipartisan rewrite of education law sparks debate (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 06:05 AM PST

In this Nov. 7, 2011, photo, Education Secretary Arne Duncan is interviewed by The Associated Press in Washington. In a divided Washington, there’s widespread agreement that the sweeping No Child Left Behind education law needs fixing. But finding a fix hasn’t been easy.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - In a divided Washington, there's widespread agreement that the sweeping No Child Left Behind education law needs fixing. But finding a fix hasn't been easy.


Two Schools of Thought: The Key Difference Between Apple and Google (Mashable)

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 12:19 PM PST

Mashable - Apple and Google may look similar on the surface, but the companies couldn't be any more different. That much has become clear to me after reading both the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson and Steven Levy's In the Plex.
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