2012年10月3日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Education News


Inadequate Teaching May Soon Become a Thing of the Past for Many Special Needs Kids

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 03:17 PM PDT

The Department of Education has just made their largest investment ever in improving education for students with disabilities.

College students massacred one-by-one in Nigeria

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 02:31 PM PDT

Unidentified gunmen massacred at least two dozen university students in northern Nigeria Monday night in the city of Mubi near the border with Cameroon. The attacks lasted more than an hour, with gunmen targeting specific students by name rather than indiscriminately firing.

Students to take part in virtual Supreme Court competition

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 08:55 AM PDT

How would high school students do if they argued Supreme Court cases? A new effort will showcase a Virtual Supreme Court competition through next year.

Consider Campus Crime When Evaluating Colleges

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 08:21 AM PDT

To a high school senior, certain factors may be more important than others when choosing a university. Extended meal plans, Greek life, male-to-female ratio...college crime? Unfortunately, college crime rates are usually overlooked in the selection process, but they're still an important factor when choosing a home for the next four years.

Who's the undecided voter? It may be the "Walmart mom"

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 07:11 AM PDT

People walk past a Wal-Mart sign in Rogers, ArkansasNEW YORK (Reuters) - Meet the undecided voter. Sometimes seen as the great prize of U.S. electoral politics, this elusive citizen is more likely to be female, white, lacking a college education and earning less than $25,000, according Reuters/Ipsos polling data accumulated over the course of 2012. The "undecideds" make up roughly 6 percent of the electorate, with a slightly higher concentration in an Upper Midwest region including Ohio and Wisconsin, swing states that could determine the outcome of a close election. ...


Teachers union to count ballots on new contract

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 05:49 AM PDT

FILE - In a Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 file photo, thousands of public school teachers rally outside the Chicago Public Schools district headquarters on the first day of strike action over teachers' contracts in Chicago. Chicago Teachers Union officials are set Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 to start counting the ballots that its members cast on whether they want to accept a proposed contract. Last month, teachers at more than 600 schools ended a seven-day strike after union delegates discussed the proposed contract settlement and voted overwhelmingly to suspend the labor action. The union's financial secretary, Kristine Mayle says teachers voted before and after school Tuesday, and that the union would count the votes Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong, File)Chicago Teachers Union officials are set to start counting the ballots that its members cast on whether they want to accept a proposed contract.


Online schools face backlash as states question results

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 04:55 AM PDT

To match feature USA-EDUCATION/TECHNOLOGY(Reuters) - Virtual public schools, which allow students to take all their classes online, have exploded in popularity across the United States, offering what supporters view as innovative and affordable alternatives to the conventional classroom. Now a backlash is building among public officials and educators who question whether the cyber-schools are truly making the grade. ...


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