Plea deal talks break down in Ind. school shooting (AP)

AP – Talks have failed to produce a plea agreement for the central Indiana 16-year-old accused of shooting a former classmate at a school.

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The Student Loan Ranger’s Mailbag Express: Forgiveness and Repayment (U.S. News & World Report)

U.S. News & World Report – The Student Loan Ranger would like to give a special shout out to all you new graduates!

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The Student Loan Ranger’s Mailbag Express: Forgiveness and Repayment
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Calif. driver arrested in fatal crash near school (AP)

AP – Police on Friday arrested the driver accused of running a stop sign and plowing into a group of middle school students in Central California.

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Troubled RI school hits bumps on road to reform (AP)

AP – The teachers at Central Falls High School struck a deal to get their jobs back last year after the entire staff was fired in a radical, last-ditch attempt to raise student performance. But if the administrators thought the teachers would be grateful for a second chance, they were wrong.

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School District Probed in Walsh Suicide (The Advocate)

The Advocate – Federal education officials have launched a probe into the Central California school district where Seth Walsh, who was 13 years old, took his own life after suffering antigay bullying from classmates.

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School District Probed in Walsh Suicide
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Feds eye CA district’s handling of bullying claim (AP)

AP – Federal education officials are investigating a school district in a Central California town where a 13-year-old boy committed suicide after allegedly being harassed by classmates because he was gay, a spokesman for Education Secretary Arne Duncan confirmed Tuesday.

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Fired, rehired teachers back at troubled RI school (AP)

AP – Teachers who were fired and ultimately rehired in a dispute that focused national debate over education reform have returned to their Rhode Island classrooms amid hopes that changes they agreed to will help improve student performance at their persistently troubled high school.

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