2016年2月19日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Climate Change Gets Short Shrift in US Classrooms

Posted: 19 Feb 2016 09:20 AM PST

Climate Change Gets Short Shrift in US ClassroomsMiddle- and high-school students spend very little time learning about climate change in the classroom, and many students hear misinformation about the cause of rising global temperatures, new research finds. In the first nationally representative survey of public middle- and high-school teachers in the United States, only 30 percent of teachers said they emphasize that humans are causing climate change by burning fossil fuels. Another 12 percent said they don't mention human causes, and 31 percent said they "teach the controversy" by telling students that some scientists think climate change is human-caused, while others disagree.

Top 10 Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Posted: 19 Feb 2016 05:00 AM PST

Historical Significance of HBCUs

Illinois launches financial probe into Chicago Public Schools

Posted: 18 Feb 2016 08:51 PM PST

The Illinois State Board of Education initiated an investigation Thursday into the "financial stability" of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), a move that builds off Republican Governor Bruce Rauner's call for a state takeover of the cash-strapped district. In a letter to CPS officials, Rauner's appointed chairman of the state education panel, former state Senator James Meeks, and Illinois state Superintendent of Education Tony Smith set a March 4 deadline for the district to provide a litany of financial records, including three years worth of audits and financial projections, payroll data and "major contracts" that have received annual increases, among other things.

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