2012年2月14日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Hammer in latest Columbine attack likely at school (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:11 PM PST

AP - A 14-year-old girl charged with attacking two students with a hammer at Columbine High School this week probably found the hammer on the suburban Denver campus, authorities said Tuesday.

Officials: Bullying debate in Minn. brought change (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 03:25 PM PST

Cherie Cullum uses her hands to explain to Anoka school board chair Tom Heidemann, right, and vice chair John Hoffman that she wishes the left and the right will come together during a discussion on the 'Respectful Learning Environment' policy during a school board meeting at the Anoka County School District headquarters in Coon Rapids, Minn. on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. The new policy commits the north suburban Twin Cities district to providing 'a safe and respectful learning environment for all students.' It says that when contentious political, religious, social matters or economic issues come up â€AP - Leaders in Minnesota's largest school district said the long debate over how teachers should handle discussions about sexual orientation probably had a bigger impact than a new policy will.

Navy bomb school told to remove unofficial motto (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 03:10 PM PST

AP - The school where bomb technicians from all branches of the U.S. military learn their craft has been ordered to remove the unofficial motto "Initial Success or Total Failure" from its classroom walls.

Ohio high school paying kids to show up, do work (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 03:10 PM PST

Reuters - An urban charter high school in Cincinnati, Ohio plans to pay students to show up, behave and do their course work -- basics for most students -- to increase the chances they will stay in school and graduate.

Court hears challenge to CA affirmative action ban (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:55 PM PST

George Washington, an attorney with the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, addresses the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel in San Francisco, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. More than 15 years after California banned affirmative action, a federal appeals court on Monday heard a legal challenge to the ban on considering race in public college admissions. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Proposition 209, which barred racial, ethnic or gender preferences in public education, employment and contracting. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Backers of affirmative action asked a federal appeals court Monday to overturn California's 15-year-old ban on considering race in public college admissions, citing a steep drop in black, Latino and Native American students at the state's elite campuses.

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