2014年9月22日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Education News


Prestigious education award shared by schools in Florida, Georgia

Posted: 22 Sep 2014 02:02 PM PDT

By Barbara Liston ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) - School districts in Florida and Georgia were named co-winners on Monday of the Broad Prize for Urban Education, recognizing top-performing urban schools that are closing the achievement gap among low-income and minority students. Orange County Public Schools, which includes Orlando, and Gwinnett County Public Schools, west of Atlanta, will split $1 million in college scholarships for their graduating seniors. ...

Districts in Florida, Georgia split school prize

Posted: 22 Sep 2014 11:36 AM PDT

Dorina Sackman, front right, Florida Teacher of the Year for 2014, joins other teachers and employees of Orange County Public Schools cheering at a watch party during the announcement of the Broad Prize awarded to the school system in the nation with the greatest overall performance and improvement in student achievement, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, in Orlando, Fla. Orange County Public Schools in Orlando and Gwinnett County Public Schools in metro Atlanta will share the prize. (AP Photo/John Raoux)ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — In a first for the prestigious award, districts in Florida and Georgia will split the $1 million Broad Prize — the largest education award given to U.S. public schools.


Games-Buoyed by bumper bonus, Thais eye more sepak takraw gold

Posted: 22 Sep 2014 01:54 AM PDT

By Kaweewit Kaewjinda BANGKOK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - His team mates call him the "left-footed killer", an unlikely nickname for a veteran athlete who plays in the same cheap plimsolls that high school students are forced to wear in his native Thailand. But with his prolific point-scoring record and deadly finishing, Pornchai Kaokaew carries Thailand's hopes of delivering them yet another Asian Games gold medal in sepak takraw, an acrobatic hybrid of soccer and volleyball that has spectators gripped with its non-stop dynamism and flair. ...

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