Seven hurt as bomb hits madrassa in Nigeria (Reuters)
Reuters – Assailants threw a homemade bomb into a madrassa in southern Nigeria’s Delta state, police said, wounding seven people and escalating tensions between Muslims and Christians after a spate of church bombings across the nation.
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Suit in Mass. bullying case was settled for $225K (AP)
AP – A lawsuit brought by the parents of Phoebe Prince, a 15-year-old Irish immigrant in Massachusetts who committed suicide after relentless bullying, was settled for $225,000, according to documents made public Tuesday.
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Students prosecuted for cheating on college entrance exam (Reuters)
Reuters – Twenty current and former students from five Long Island high schools face charges in what is believed to be the nation’s first criminal prosecution for cheating on the SAT college entrance exam, authorities said on Tuesday.
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GOP hopefuls criticize student loan programs (AP)
AP – Republicans Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich criticized the nation’s student loan programs, saying they had failed taxpayers.
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Obama: GOP wants ‘to gut investments in education’ (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama chided congressional Republicans Tuesday for “trying to gut our investments in education,” and announced new steps to tackle early childhood education that won’t require legislation.
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Alabama immigration law leaves schools gripped by uncertainty (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor – Thursday Alabama became the first state in the nation to require public schools to check the immigration status of children when they enroll.
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Shrinking Texas school payrolls add to unemployed (AP)
AP – The $4 billion in cuts to Texas public schools this summer might be starting to hit Gov. Rick Perry where it hurts most — his record on creating jobs.
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Teachers’ union president calls merit pay naive and short-sighted (The Lookout)
The Lookout – The Lookout sat down with the president of the nation’s largest teacher’s union, Dennis Van Roekel, Monday to ask him about a hot topic in education reform right now–teacher compensation. Van Roekel is attending NBC’s “Education Nation” summit in New York, which has focused on the need to boost teachers’ salaries. The network hosted the premiere
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Kids say say ‘potato,’ USDA says ‘poh-tay-NO’ (AP)
AP – Sen. Susan Collins, who hails from Maine’s potato country and picked potatoes as a girl, is working to restore some respect for the humble spud, which is on the verge of being virtually banished from the nation’s school lunch programs.
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Obama to loosen education law, cites flaws (Reuters)
Reuters – President Barack Obama on Friday announced steps to roll back key provisions of “No Child Left Behind,” calling the decade-old U.S. education law admirable but flawed.
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