Michigan School District Files Lawsuit, Forms Coalition to Block EFM (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – Highland Park (Mich.) School District, which was placed under the auspices of an emergency financial manager on Monday, announced the formation of a coalition designed to oppose state control and decide upon alternative measures, according to Michigan Radio.
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Students rally at Philly schools slated to close (AP)
AP – Students at several Philadelphia-area Catholic schools slated for closure staged rallies Monday to voice their opposition to an archdiocese plan that would shutter 48 schools.
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Lockdown at Texas high school ends (Reuters)
Reuters – A high school in Austin, Texas, was put on lockdown for hours on Monday after a man being pursued by police barricaded himself in a nearby house, officials said.
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US curbs work program for foreign college students (AP)
AP – The State Department put a freeze Monday on expansion of a program that lines up summer jobs in the U.S. for foreign college students, citing persistent complaints about young people getting ripped off and exploited.
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Survey: Sexual harassment pervasive in grades 7-12 (AP)
AP – It can be a malicious rumor whispered in the hallway, a lewd photo arriving by cell phone, hands groping where they shouldn’t. Added up, it’s an epidemic — student-on-student sexual harassment that is pervasive in America’s middle schools and high schools.
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Thousands of Hispanic students still missing from Alabama schools this week (The Lookout)
The Lookout – Even more Hispanic students were absent from schools Monday following a federal judge’s decision to let the state’s tough new immigration law go into effect on Thursday. Malissa Valdes, a spokeswoman for Alabama’s education department, told The Lookout that total absences among Hispanic students rose from 2,011 on Friday to 2,285 on Monday. The state
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More than 1,800 Thomas Built buses recalled (AP)
AP – A major school bus manufacturer is recalling more than 1,800 buses to repair a faulty part.
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2 Ariz. sisters injured when truck hits school bus (AP)
AP – Two girls getting on a bus for school Monday were injured when a dump truck rear-ended the vehicle in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale.
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Federal court reviewing Arkansas desegregation funding case (Reuters)
Reuters – A federal appeals court began reviewing a lower court order on Monday that would end state payments to Arkansas public schools that began over two decades ago to aid in desegregation efforts.
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Conn. court: church can’t be sued by ex-principal (AP)
AP – The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Monday that a former Catholic school principal cannot sue the Archdiocese of Hartford on claims she was wrongly fired for not retaliating against a student, who complained about sexual remarks allegedly made by a priest now accused of abusing children.
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