2013年3月1日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Education News


Ga. governor, metro Atlanta school system tussle

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 04:38 PM PST

ATLANTA (AP) — The suspension of two-thirds of the school board members in a troubled suburban Atlanta school district has rendered the board temporarily powerless and set up a legal battle over a state law that gives the governor the power to remove local school boards.

1 of nation's oldest teachers retires in LA at 94

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 03:05 PM PST

FILE - This Feb. 6, 2007 file photo shows Octogenarian teacher Rose Gilbert, 88, in her Advance Placement English Literature class at the Pacific Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, Calif. One of the oldest full time schoolteachers in the nation has retired at the age of 94. Gilbert has been teaching since 1956. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rose Gilbert wanted to be a schoolteacher since she was in the first grade and was inspired by the teacher who taught her to read and write.


Education leaders say GOP 'bushwhacked' them

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 01:07 PM PST

The Republican governor and legislative leaders in Alabama ran over their education allies when they pushed through legislation providing state tax credits for attending private schools.Republicans in ...

Famed free NYC college may start charging tuition

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 11:56 AM PST

Famed free NYC college may start charging tuitionFor more than a century, Cooper Union has been a one-of-a-kind meritocracy: Open to any student qualified to walk through its doors. For free.Its founder envisioned higher education open to all — regardless ...


1 of nation's teachers retires in LA at age 94

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 11:22 AM PST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the oldest fulltime schoolteachers in the nation has retired at the age of 94.

Test the teacher? Educators balk at Mexico's reforms

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 09:30 AM PST

Imagine a school where a teacher who doesn't show up for class, or doesn't hold a degree, or fails or refuses a mandatory evaluation can't be fired. Imagine a school that routinely hires and promotes teachers on the basis of favors rather than merit.

Chicago public schools will start sex education in kindergarten

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 11:39 PM PST

The dismally low graduation rate for students who attend Chicago Public Schools is barely over 60 percent – substantially lower than the national rate of roughly 75 percent. Nevertheless, citizens of the Second City will surely take heart, because the Chicago Board of Education just passed a new policy that requires sex education to begin in kindergarten.

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