Rape-allegation suit against Brown U. is dismissed (AP)
AP – A man who claimed Brown University kicked him out and failed to notify authorities when the daughter of a major donor falsely accused him of rape reached an agreement Wednesday with the woman’s family, resulting in the dismissal of his federal lawsuit against the Ivy League college.
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CU among schools snapping up .xxx domain names (AP)
AP – The University of Colorado has snapped up 27 .xxx domain names in an effort to prevent pornographers from exploiting the school’s name and brands, but it failed in acquiring the Colorado.xxx name.
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GOP hopefuls would limit federal role in education (AP)
AP – When it comes to education, the Republican field of presidential candidates has a unified stance: Get the federal government out of schools. How they’d do that varies.
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W.Va. aiming to protect LGBT students from bullies (AP)
AP – A proposed anti-bullying policy for West Virginia schools acknowledges for the first time that sexual orientation and gender identity are common reasons for harassment. Had it been in place when Michael White was in middle-school, it might have spared him the worst years of his life.
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Debt collectors with govt contracts paid penalties (AP)
AP – Two private debt collection companies that work for the Education Department paid more than $4 million combined in civil penalties in the past year after another federal agency accused them of using abusive language with consumers, making illegal threats and committing other violations of the law.
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Child finds 3 people slain in Mississippi house (AP)
AP – A child returning from school found the bodies of a man and two women in a house in coastal Mississippi, and police are investigating the deaths as homicides.
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No Child Left Behind: with waivers, Obama offers states flexibility (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor – President Obama today unveiled a sweeping plan to give states the flexibility they have been clamoring for under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education law.
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Culinary school grads claim they were ripped off (AP)
AP – Food enthusiasts have been enrolling in culinary school in growing numbers, lured by dreams of working as gourmet chefs or opening their own restaurants.
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Atlanta public school officials give documents to grand jury (Reuters)
Reuters – Atlanta public school officials appeared on Friday before a county grand jury investigating alleged cheating by teachers and principals on standardized tests and turned over 95 volumes of subpoenaed documents, officials said.
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Ohio Catholic school cancels Muslim goodwill event (AP)
AP – A Roman Catholic high school dropped plans for a Ramadan dinner after hearing complaints about its partnership with a Muslim advocacy group that federal officials have linked to a terror financing case.
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