GOP questions federal rules on healthier eating (AP)
AP – House Republicans are pushing back against Obama administration efforts to promote healthier lunches, saying the Agriculture Department should rewrite rules it issued in January meant to make school meals healthier. They say the new rules are too costly.
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Calif. budget will keep new $105M school closed (AP)
AP – A Southern California school district spent $105 million on a new state-of-the-art high school, but after three years of funding cuts doesn’t have the money to operate it.
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Republicans question healthier eating proposals (AP)
AP – House Republicans are pushing back against Obama administration efforts to promote healthier eating in a spending bill that pays for food and farm spending.
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Answering Questions About College Visits (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – The May 16 blog post, “Follow 9 Tips to Window Shop for Colleges,” prompted a number of questions regarding college visits. I will address some of them in this week’s column. If you have questions about any aspect of the college admissions process, send them to me at TheAdmissionsInsider@usnews.com.
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Get a Head Start on College Visits (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – The acceptance letters have been mailed and the admissions decision deadline at most universities has passed, with the latest crop of high school seniors deciding where they’ll attend college this fall. As seniors finish the taxing college admissions process, sophomores and juniors are beginning their own search for a future home. For students and parents alike, one of the first tasks is deciding which colleges and universities to visit.
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Exam-obsessed Hong Kong makes celebrity tutors rich (AFP)
AFP – Cut-throat competition for exam success in Hong Kong’s high-pressure education system has spawned a new breed of teacher — celebrity tutors with near cult-like status and millionaire lifestyles.
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Tax reform defined Huntsman’s governorship (AP)
AP – Conservatives who dominate the Republican presidential nomination contests will applaud parts of Jon Huntsman’s five-year record as Utah governor: a statewide flat tax, business incentives and private school vouchers.
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Students suspended after racist incidents in Calif (AP)
AP – Students at a California high school have been suspended for suspected scrawling of racist graffiti and joining together in a white supremacy gesture while the senior class picture was being taken, school officials said Friday.
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Still Missing: Teen YouTube Star Sucked Out Of Car By Joplin Tornado (Time.com)
Time.com – Of the many people still missing in the wake of the Joplin tornado, one is a young YouTube celebrity who was sucked through the roof of his car while on his way home from his high school graduation
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School’s out as districts weigh lightening homework loads (Reuters)
Reuters – School districts from coast to coast are weighing the elimination of homework on weekends and holidays, part of a move by educators to rein in student workloads.
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