2012年6月13日星期三

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Ex-Citadel camp counselor pleads guilty to sex abuse

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 03:40 PM PDT

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A former South Carolina educator and coach who once worked as a summer camp counselor at The Citadel military college was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to sexual abuse crimes involving 23 young male victims. Louis "Skip" ReVille, 32, was arrested last fall and accused of abusing boys he had coached at schools and in community recreation programs, taught in public and private schools, and led in Bible study at his church. ...

Quebec teacher suspended for showing grisly video

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 03:23 PM PDT

A Montreal teacher has been suspended for showing high school students a video that police believe shows the slaying and dismembering of a Chinese student, authorities said Wednesday.

Pa. teachers rally amid budget talks, layoffs

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 01:10 PM PDT

With state aid for public schools being discussed behind the Capitol's closed doors and a second straight year of large-scale layoffs looming, hundreds of educators, let-go teachers and parents packed the rotunda Wednesday at a raucous union rally to protest Gov. Tom Corbett's budget cuts.

Teacher suspended for showing body parts video

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 10:11 AM PDT

A teacher has been suspended by a Montreal school for showing high school students a video that police believe shows the slaying and dismembering of a Chinese student.

Are Jews Really an 'Under-Represented Group' at New York Colleges?

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 09:34 AM PDT

"Jewish" is a "new minority label" at New York City's university system, the New York Post reported on June 3, almost accurately. CUNY recently completed a "faculty diversity action plan" that included among the usual identity-based focus groups along with a Caucasian/White/Jewish group, created in response to complaints that Caucasian/White/Jews were "not as monolithic as some believe and this lack of understanding is reflected in subtle stereotyping."

Scones and cannelés top food-related Google searches

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 05:27 AM PDT

French Google users looked up how to make cannelés this week, a dense, chewy custard-based pastry with a caramelized crust.Home cooks in Australia and France looked up baking recipes for scones and cannelés, while Googlers in Japan looked up more information on a food poisoning incident that sickened high school students.


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