2016年10月11日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Education News

The Latest: Suspect in wrong-way crashes arrested

Posted: 11 Oct 2016 04:18 PM PDT

In this still image from video provided by WCAX-TV, workers remove vehicles from Interstate 89 early Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, in Williston, Vt., after a wrong-way driver caused a crash just before midnight that killed multiple people, before stealing a police cruiser, striking several vehicles and injuring several people. (WCAX-TV via AP)DUXBURY, Vt. (AP) — The Latest on the wrong-way crash that killed five high school students in Vermont (all times local):

Chicago mayor buys peace with teachers, fiscal impact uncertain

Posted: 11 Oct 2016 03:33 PM PDT

Chicago Teachers Union members picket outside of the CPS headquarters in ChicagoA tentative deal reached late on Monday between the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and its teachers union averted a strike that had been scheduled for Tuesday but the impact on the district's already shaky finances was uncertain. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who controls the nation's third-largest public school system, agreed to initially pour more surplus revenue from city development districts into school coffers. The second-term mayor said the agreement will make CPS finances stronger.

The Latest: Union confident Chicago teachers will OK deal

Posted: 11 Oct 2016 02:45 PM PDT

Iain Jones second from right, holds a sign as his brother Quin Jones and mother Jennifer Jones join other families at a press conference to show support for the Chicago Public School teachers held in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood near Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Negotiators for the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools were meeting again Monday in a bid to avert a threatened teachers' strike. (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune)CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on Chicago Public Schools and the teachers' union averting a strike (all times local):

Tests show high levels of lead in Trenton students

Posted: 11 Oct 2016 02:34 PM PDT

Tests show high levels of lead in Trenton studentsTests show kids in Trenton public schools have higher levels of lead in their blood than those affected in the Flint, Michigan water crisis.

Sprint to provide one million students with free internet, mobile devices

Posted: 11 Oct 2016 12:53 PM PDT

The logo of U.S. mobile network operator Sprint Corp is seen at a Sprint store in San Marcos, CaliforniaBy Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wireless carrier Sprint Corp on Tuesday pledged to provide 1 million U.S. high school students with free mobile devices and internet access as part of a White House initiative to expand opportunities for lower income kids. Marcelo Claure, chief executive of Sprint, said the plan builds on the company's prior commitment through the White House's ConnectED program to get 50,000 students high speed internet.

Chicago dodges strike: How to rebuild trust between teachers and the city?

Posted: 11 Oct 2016 09:24 AM PDT

The Chicago Teachers Union and the nation's third largest school district reached a contract agreement minutes before midnight Tuesday to avoid the second major strike there in four years. Chicago Public Schools and the union came to a tentative agreement on points of conflict that include class sizes, teacher layoffs, and special education. The school district has also agreed to continue to pay most of most of its contribution to teachers' pensions, the so-called pension pickup.

South African campus hit by second day of student unrest

Posted: 11 Oct 2016 06:31 AM PDT

Protesting students throw stones at security officers, at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. South African riot police are patrolling a university campus that was the scene of clashes between police and students demonstrating for free education. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African riot police fought stone-throwing students for a second consecutive day at a university campus on Tuesday amid national calls by demonstrators for free higher education.

South Africa's Zuma forms team to resolve university fee crisis

Posted: 11 Oct 2016 06:28 AM PDT

Students demanding free education react as they are fired at by riot police officers during a protest outside the University of the Witwatersrand at Braamfontein, in Johannesburg, South AfricaSouth Africa's President Jacob Zuma has formed a ministerial team to help bring an end to weeks of clashes at university campuses between police and students demanding free education, the presidency said on Tuesday. The team set up by Zuma consists of eight ministers including Higher Education minister Blade Nzimande and Minister of Police Nathi Nhleko, and is tasked with resolving the crisis. The main opposition Democratic Alliance party criticized Zuma, however, for excluding Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

Chicago Teachers Union: No strike in nation's third-largest district; school in session Tuesday

Posted: 10 Oct 2016 09:57 PM PDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Teachers Union: No strike in nation's third-largest district; school in session Tuesday.

High School Threats No Joke for Teachers, Parents

Posted: 10 Oct 2016 05:00 AM PDT

Violent threats made toward high schools involving clowns have swept the nation recently. "There's movies with creepy clowns, but that people are threatening kids with creepy clowns is just out of control and crazy," Cathy Archambault, a parent of a student at Bristol Central High School in Connecticut told a local news station. Don't dismiss any threats: The last thing parents or teachers should do when they hear about a threat is keep the information to themselves, says Mo Canady, executive director of the National Association of School Resource Officers.

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