2013年2月23日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Education News


Ex-Canada ambassador slighted by Affleck's "Argo"

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 11:01 AM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo, former Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor and his wife Pat, pose for photographers at the premiere of the film Argo in Washington. Taylor, Canada's former ambassador in Iran, who protected Americans at great personal risk during the Iran hostage crisis of 1979, says if "Argo" wins the Oscar for best picture on Sunday there would be something wrong with director Ben Affleck if he didn't mention Canada, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)TORONTO (AP) — The former Canadian ambassador to Iran who protected Americans at great personal risk during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis says it will reflect poorly on Ben Affleck if he doesn't say a few words about Canada's role should the director's film "Argo" win the Oscar for best picture Sunday.


Education Budget Cuts Are Looming—So What Does That Mean for Kids?

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 05:29 PM PST

The word 'sequestration' is back, and it's not good news for public schools.

Students Get Satellite Time: Inside the Mars Student Imaging Project

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 11:04 AM PST

Students Get Satellite Time: Inside the Mars Student Imaging ProjectA project that puts middle and high school students in charge of an instrument on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter received a top prize from the journal Science today (Feb. 21).


Top 10 fundraising colleges at a glance

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 06:06 AM PST

Roughly 3,500 U.S. colleges and universities raised a total of $31 billion in the 2012 fiscal year, according to an annual college fundraising survey by the Council for Aid to Education in New York.Here ...
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