2013年9月9日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Education News


School's open in Philadelphia _ but just barely

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 03:29 PM PDT

South Philadelphia High School Principal Otis Hackney III meets with students during the first day of school Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, in Philadelphia. About 190,000 students are going back to class Monday in Philadelphia, where parents say severe staffing cuts have created an aura of uncertainty around the new academic year. Officials contend the school district is prepared despite the major budget reductions. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The city's struggling public schools opened a new term Monday with larger classes and smaller staffs, leaving many to wonder how the nearly broke district will fare over the coming year.


$250 million gift to Kentucky college withdrawn

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 03:21 PM PDT

$250 million gift to Kentucky college withdrawnA small Kentucky liberal arts college lost out on one of the largest gifts in U.S. higher education history when the $250 million donation was withdrawn, school officials said Monday. Centre College in ...


Greek teachers call strikes against public sector layoffs

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 02:33 PM PDT

Protesters take part in a rally against austerity measures in ThessalonikiATHENS (Reuters) - Greek teachers will kick off the school year with rolling strikes to protest public sector layoffs and forced transfers demanded by the country's international lenders, labor unions said on Monday. The school year begins on Wednesday, and the government must designate thousands of public sector workers for possible dismissal to convince its borrowers arriving for an inspection visit on September 22 it deserves further bailout funding. ...


APNewsBreak: $250M gift to Ky. college withdrawn

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 10:31 AM PDT

$250 million gift to Kentucky college withdrawnA $250 million donation that would have been among the largest gifts to higher education in U.S. history has been withdrawn from a small Kentucky liberal arts college, officials said Monday. Centre College ...


Use All 4 Years of High School to Prep for College

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 08:06 AM PDT

Test scores suggest a high percentage of high school students are not ready for college.

Recent Law Grads Weigh in on Third Year of School

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 07:59 AM PDT

President Barack Obama often discusses how to change higher education in the U.S., but it's rare for the Harvard Law School graduate to specifically call out law schools.

2014 Best Colleges Preview: Top 25 National Universities

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 07:54 AM PDT

Interested in exploring the rankings of these schools and others? Visit usnews.com on Sept. 10.

Which huge communist country in Asia may ban grade-school homework?

Posted: 08 Sep 2013 09:20 PM PDT

What with first graders in Chicago Public Schools — among many other U.S. locales — having homework every single day and a proposed ban on homework in China, American parents may need to update their dinner table lecture points.

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