2016年6月11日星期六

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Funds for homeless not the solution, China threatened by US, not North Korea, Saudi Arabian college graduates must not coast, Kigali being branded a good step forward, more help needed for dairy farmers in Germany

Posted: 11 Jun 2016 03:00 AM PDT

"Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett announced a scheme to give homeless Aucklanders, or those in the city's state houses, a payment of up to $5000," writes Kelly Makiha. "The scheme ... reeked a little of a last-ditch attempt to show the Government was committed to putting money towards the housing crisis.... There are empty Housing New Zealand houses in other parts of New Zealand. Recommended: Could you pass a US citizenship test?

11 school teachers reportedly killed in Thailand road crash

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 11:46 PM PDT

BANGKOK (AP) — A passenger van overturned and caught fire on a highway in Thailand, killing 11 school teachers inside, news reports said Saturday.

ACT cancels entrance exam in South Korea, Hong Kong after test leak

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 05:45 PM PDT

College students attend a class at a private cram school in BusanThe ACT college-entrance exam was canceled Saturday for all test-takers in South Korea and Hong Kong in the latest example of how an East Asia cheating epidemic is roiling American higher education. The incident marked the first known cancellation of the high-stakes exam for an entire country, according to ACT spokesman Ed Colby. ACT Inc, the Iowa-based nonprofit that operates the test, said it halted the test after discovering that it had leaked in advance.


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