Math, reading gap among Native American students (AP)
AP - Native American students at schools overseen by the federal Bureau of Indian Education performed significantly worse on national standardized tests in reading and math compared with those in public schools.
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No condoms for grade schoolers, Mass. schools say (AP)
AP - The superintendent of a Massachusetts school district is apologizing to parents for what she calls a misunderstanding over a condom availability policy.
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Study: On average, charter schools do no better than public schools (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - More evidence is in that charter schools – at least on average – do no better than regular public schools.
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More than 300 aim to be ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ (AP)
AP - More than 300 communities around the U.S. have submitted applications to the Department of Education to receive grants under a federal program designed to revitalize troubled neighborhoods.
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HS students make B’way debut; 5 win scholarships (AP)
AP - Five students won college scholarships Monday night for trading in their performances in high school musical productions for Broadway.
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HS students compete for top music theater awards (AP)
AP - Katie Finan always dreamed of stepping out onto a Broadway stage. She’s now getting her chance, thanks to a scholarship competition.
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Budget cuts more painful at inner-city LA schools (AP)
AP - When state budget cuts imperiled city schools, a group of parents fought back by enlisting Hollywood stars to spread a message targeting one of their own, Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggar.
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Lawyer: Client who viewed Obama records was bored (AP)
AP - A defense attorney for a man who pleaded guilty Friday to illegally looking at President Barack Obama’s student loan records said his client only found the records because he and others were bored at work.
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Riding a Wave Out of M&A (BusinessWeek)
BusinessWeek - The trail that leads from the Ivy League through law school to white-shoe firm Sullivan & Cromwell rarely ends at a remote Brazilian beach. Yet it did for Hans Keeling after just three years of working on mergers and acquisitions for the New York City law firm. A 2004 trip to Brazil convinced Keeling he would rather advise clients on their vacations than on their capital markets transactions.
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Calif. gets $416M to turn around failing schools (AP)
AP - State education officials say the federal government has awarded $416 million to California to turn around dozens of its lowest public schools.
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