2016年4月11日星期一

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Ex-football player jailed after 2 college students slain

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 02:03 PM PDT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The two Southern University students slain during a shootout at an off-campus party appeared to be "innocent bystanders" who were caught in the crossfire, authorities said Monday.

Wisconsin school district to discipline students for 'Trump' taunts

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 01:07 PM PDT

A man wears a hand-lettered "Build the Wall" t-shirt while waiting in line for a campaign rally with U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Portsmouth, New HampshireA Wisconsin school district said on Monday it would discipline several students who taunted an opposing team's fans and minority players with chants of "Trump, build a wall" and "Trump" during a high school soccer game. The incident occurred on Thursday during a girls' varsity soccer game between Elkhorn Area High School and Beloit Memorial in southeastern Wisconsin, said Jason Tadlock, the administrator of the Elkhorn Area School District, in a statement posted on the district's Facebook page. During the game, three elementary school students who were sitting near Beloit fans said: "Trump, build a wall," and two high school students chanted: "Trump" four or five times, Tadlock said.


Kentucky's Democratic attorney general sues Republican governor over cuts to higher education

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 12:09 PM PDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Democratic attorney general sues Republican governor over cuts to higher education.

Holy Bible on list of 'challenged' books at libraries

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 07:45 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 12, 2012, file photo, author E.L. James poses with her book "Fifty Shades of Grey" at a book signing at Comic-Con in San Diego. The top 10 list of "challenged" books at public schools and libraries, released Monday, April 11, 2016, by the American Library Association includes James' best-selling book. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK (AP) — On the latest list of books most objected to at public schools and libraries, one title has been targeted nationwide, at times for the sex and violence it contains, but mostly for the legal issues it raises.


Pot-in-schools debate returns to Colorado

Posted: 10 Apr 2016 11:23 PM PDT

Stacey Linn jokes with her 15-year-old son, Jack, Sunday, April 10, 2016, outside their home in Lakewood, Colo. Jack, who has cerebral palsy, is not allowed to wear a skin patch delivering a cannabis-derived treatment to school. A new Colorado law allowing medical marijuana use at public schools will be looked at by state lawmakers Monday because no school districts are allowing it even though the law says they can. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)DENVER (AP) — A new Colorado law allowing medical marijuana use at public schools is getting a second look Monday in a House committee.


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