Brown U. student uncovers lost Malcolm X speech (AP)
AP – The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America’s top diplomats.
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College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan (AP)
AP – Public university presidents facing ever-increasing state budget cuts are raising concerns about President Barack Obama’s plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition prices or face losing federal dollars.
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Student charged in Utah school bomb plot (AP)
AP – The two teens had a detailed plot, blueprints of the school and security systems, but no explosives. They had hours of flight simulator training on a home computer and a plan to flee the country, but no plane.
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Newark, NJ, told to produce Facebook pledge log (AP)
AP – The state’s largest city must produce a list of documents related to a $100 million pledge to its public schools from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, a judge ruled Friday.
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Utah teens arrested in alleged school bombing plot (AP)
AP – A Utah high school student bragged to police that he was smarter than the Columbine killers and was plotting with an older student to set off a bomb during a school assembly and escape in a stolen plane, court documents say.
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Dem NC governor faced tough re-election fight (AP)
AP – Gov. Beverly Perdue said Thursday she will not seek re-election because she fears a fight with Republicans over public education would become too political. But she entered the election year with some baggage: a campaign finance investigation, sagging poll numbers and worries from fellow Democrats she would drag them down in a key battleground state for President Barack Obama.
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NJ’s Christie seeks shake-up in higher education (AP)
AP – Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday proposed turning a former teacher’s college into New Jersey’s second major public research university in a shake-up of the state’s higher education system that’s intended to raise the standing of Rutgers University and other institutions from “good to great.”
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Education law’s promise falls short after 10 years (AP)
AP – The No Child Left Behind education law was cast as a symbol of possibility, offering the promise of improved schools for the nation’s poor and minority children and better prepared students in a competitive world.
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7 teens charged with beating classmate unconscious (AP)
AP – Seven central Florida teenagers were arrested after authorities said they punched and kicked a 13-year-old until she was unconscious while on a school bus.
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Brown warns of school cuts if taxes rejected (AP)
AP – California faces a smaller budget deficit in the coming fiscal year but will require nearly $5 billion in cuts to public education if voters reject Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to raise taxes in the fall, the governor said Thursday in releasing its budget proposal for the 2012-13 fiscal year.
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