Amid China boom, job search for many grads goes bust (Reuters)
Reuters – Yan Minglong, one of millions of recent Chinese college graduates, is not impressed with the doors opened by higher education.
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US Education Dept. joins probe of DC test scores (AP)
AP – The U.S. Department of Education has joined an investigation of possible cheating on standardized tests, and District of Columbia leaders said Friday they welcome the scrutiny.
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Detroit Schools boss: ‘Focus on educating kids’ (AP)
AP – After only about a month as top boss of Detroit Public Schools, Roy Roberts, a 72-year-old former General Motors executive and private equity firm founder, is well aware that some people already want him gone.
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LA schools step up oversight of stumbling charters (AP)
AP – The auditorium at the Los Angeles Unified school board was awash in varying shades of blue shirts at a recent meeting — sky blue belonged to parents from Crescendo Schools, while navy was worn by parents from ICEF Public Schools. Outside, another group of parents chanted and waved picket signs to “save ICEF schools.”
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First lady Michelle Obama to speak at DC school (AP)
AP – First lady Michelle Obama will visit a District of Columbia high school as part of a mentoring initiative in honor of Women’s History Month.
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Montana school board to vote on mascot change (AP)
AP – A southern Montana school district’s trustees will vote next week on whether the district’s public high school should drop its Redskins mascot.
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Ind. School District Settles With Trans Student (The Advocate)
The Advocate – Lambda Legal has reached a settlement with the Gary, Ind., school district, in the case of a transgender student who was barred from attending prom in a dress in 2006, and the district has adopted LGBT-inclusive policies as part of it.
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Boehner hopes to revive DC school voucher program (AP)
AP – GOP House Speaker John Boehner and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman introduced legislation Wednesday to revive a school voucher program for District of Columbia students nearly two years after Congress began phasing it out.
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Big private school chain settles disabilities case (AP)
AP – A chain of more than 180 private schools in 15 states and the District of Columbia has settled government accusations it turned away or refused to accommodate disabled children.
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Students: Danza made the grade as English teacher (AP)
AP – When former sitcom star Tony Danza began teaching English at a Philadelphia high school, no one really knew what to expect. Not even Tony Danza.
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