2012年1月31日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Suspect in Utah school bomb plot charged (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 03:59 PM PST

AP - Authorities on Tuesday charged a 16-year-old boy with a felony in what they say was a plot to detonate a bomb at a Utah high school.

Authorities probe use of seclusion rooms for disabled (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 02:15 PM PST

Reuters - Federal and state investigators are probing reports that disabled children at a public elementary school in Connecticut were locked in a room to control their behavior or as a punishment, officials said on Tuesday.

When Charter Schools Fail: Crackdown Can Disrupt Students (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 02:10 PM PST

Time.com - States are closing subpar charter schools, but shuttling students back to mediocre public schools may be doing kids more harm than good

$173,000 in fees sought in RI prayer banner case (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 01:57 PM PST

AP - Lawyers for the 16-year-old Rhode Island atheist who sued over a prayer banner displayed at a public high school are asking a court to order the city of Cranston to pay $173,000 in attorneys' fees.

Education: States should do more to reach students (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 12:28 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about No Child Left Behind Reform in the East Room of the White House in Washington. In its initial review of No Child Left Behind waiver requests, the U.S. Department of Education highlighted a similar weakness in nearly every application: States did not do enough to ensure schools would be held accountable for the performance of all students. The Obama administration praised the states for their high academic standards. But nearly every application was critiqued for being loose on setting high goals and, when necessary, interventions, for all student groups — including minorities, the disabled and low-income — or failing to create sufficient incentives to close the achievement gap. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - In its initial review of No Child Left Behind waiver requests, the U.S. Education Department highlighted a similar weakness in nearly every application: States did not do enough to ensure schools would be held accountable for the performance of all students.

Suggestions to Fix Higher Education (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 10:14 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to Time.com, President Barack Obama has a tough road ahead in convincing colleges and universities to lower tuition rates and increasing infrastructure costs for schools.

Michigan School District Files Lawsuit, Forms Coalition to Block EFM (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 10:14 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - Highland Park (Mich.) School District, which was placed under the auspices of an emergency financial manager on Monday, announced the formation of a coalition designed to oppose state control and decide upon alternative measures, according to Michigan Radio.

Charter Schools -- Unsafe Pressure-Release Valves We Don't Need (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 10:14 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Sarah Butrymowicz on Time.com reports about myriad difficulties facing charter schools and the families of their students when those schools are forced to close. Charter schools are defined in as schools that "get public funds but operate without usual bureaucratic constraints." The purpose, to be sure, is noble: Help students who are not thriving in traditional public schools pursue academic success in smaller, more supportive environments.

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