2016年12月14日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Education News


Colorado school district decides whether to arm teachers

Posted: 14 Dec 2016 02:05 PM PST

DENVER (AP) — A rural Colorado school district is deciding whether to arm its teachers and other school staff to protect its students.

Report: D.C. school marching bands skipping Trump’s inaugural parade

Posted: 14 Dec 2016 01:46 PM PST

Report: D.C. school marching bands skipping Trump's inaugural paradeThe Calera High School "Eagle" Marching Band performs during the 57th Presidential Inaugural Parade on Jan 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. For the first time in 20 years, no Washington, D.C., public school marching band will perform at the inaugural parade. According to a Wednesday report from NBC Washington, no local public schools submitted applications to perform in the parade.


Chicago alderman indicted on extortion, other charges

Posted: 14 Dec 2016 09:45 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2011 file photo, Chicago Alderman Willie Cochran, left, address the residents of the 20th Ward in Chicago. Cochran has been indicted on charges that he extorted money from a liquor store owner and pilfered funds from a local government activities fund to pay for gambling and his daughter's college tuition. An indictment filed Wednesday Dec. 14, 2016 in U.S. District Court in Chicago charges Willie Cochran with 15 counts, 11 counts of wire fraud, two of federal program bribery and two counts of extortion. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)CHICAGO (AP) — A prominent Chicago alderman was indicted as he attended a City Council meeting Wednesday on federal charges that he extorted money from a liquor store owner and pilfered funds from a local government activities fund to pay for gambling and his daughter's college tuition.


What to Know After a School's Accreditor Loses Recognition

Posted: 14 Dec 2016 07:00 AM PST

The Department of Education announced that it was denying the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools' appeal to overturn the department's September decision to cease recognition of the agency. The initial decision came after the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, a federal panel, recommended shutting down the accreditor following strong criticism of ACICS' poor oversight. Since schools must be accredited by a Department of Education-recognized accrediting agency to receive federal financial aid funding, this decision will cause some upheaval with the 200-plus schools that ACICS currently accredits.

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