2012年5月25日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Miss district agrees to stop handcuffing students

Posted: 25 May 2012 04:00 PM PDT

Jackson public schools will no longer handcuff students to poles or other objects and will train staff at its alternative school on better methods of discipline.

Kennedy widow asks Mass. grads to work for justice

Posted: 25 May 2012 03:15 PM PDT

Victoria Kennedy, the widow of U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., delivers the commencement address to Boston College Law School graduates in Boston, Friday, May 25, 2012. Kennedy was originally scheduled to speak at this year's Anna Maria College's commencement but the invitation was withdrawn under pressure from Bishop Robert McManus who objected to Kennedy's public support for abortion rights. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)The widow of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy has called on Boston College Law School graduates to use training from their Catholic education to work for justice.

Visa change for Beijing-sent teachers upsets China

Posted: 25 May 2012 07:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 2, 2012 file photo, Chinese students wait outside the U.S. Embassy for their visa application interviews in Beijing. A crisis flared last week with a new U.S. directive saying many Chinese instructors had the wrong kind of visa, though it appeared largely defused by Thursday, May 24, 2012 when U.S. officials said they were working on a way for teachers to update their status without returning home. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)A U.S. clampdown on visas for instructors at China's flagship cultural program overseas has incensed Beijing, with state media pouncing on it as an attempt by Washington to frustrate Chinese global ambitions.

Public schools see cuts eased in NC House budget

Posted: 25 May 2012 05:31 AM PDT

House budget panels approved Thursday large portions of their blueprint for North Carolina state government spending next year that restore funds to the public schools but leave intact many cuts to other agencies already approved last year.

Obama's Education Hypocrisy -- Again

Posted: 25 May 2012 12:00 AM PDT

    If you were a child in the District of Columbia school system (51st in state rankings for academic achievement, first for school violence), you and your parents probably greeted the election of Barack Obama with great joy. If someone had suggested to you then that the president would attempt to torpedo the scholarship program that permits some District kids to attend the private schools of their choice, you might have thought you were hearing racist smears.    But that is what happened. ...

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