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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Judge finds Indiana teen guilty in school shooting (AP)
AP – A central Indiana teenager who insisted for weeks that he hadn’t intended to kill a former classmate admitted in court Monday that he had hoped the shots he fired would be fatal, bringing an unexpectedly fast end to his trial.
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Man pleads guilty to bilking Mass. Catholic school (AP)
AP – A professional fundraiser charged with bilking a private school run by Roman Catholic nuns out of more than $360,000 pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to two years in prison.
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Understand the Value of a Graduate Degree (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – Michael Brenner earned a doctorate in education from the prestigious Teachers College at Columbia University in 2010, assuming a degree from an Ivy League institution would open numerous doors for him and bolster his chances for success entering the field of corporate consulting. However, after starting his own leadership and team-building consulting firm, he finds the doctorate has added little value to his business.. “At this point, I would say that attending graduate school was not worth the cost,” he says. …
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