Obama ‘putting colleges on notice’ on high tuition (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama fired a warning at the nation’s colleges and universities on Friday, threatening to strip their federal aid if they “jack up tuition” every year and to give the money instead to schools showing restraint and value.
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Student loans, gov’t pensions eyed by budgeteers (AP)
AP – The White House and key lawmakers are considering reductions in student loan subsidies, farm payments and support for federal workers’ pensions as they search for cuts that can clear the way for an increase in the national debt limit, according to officials in both parties.
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Student loans, gov’t pensions eyed by budgeteers (AP)
AP – The White House and key lawmakers are considering reductions in student loan subsidies, farm payments and support for federal workers’ pensions as they search for cuts that can clear the way for an increase in the national debt limit, according to officials in both parties.
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Student loans, gov’t pensions eyed by budgeteers
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Lawmakers defend french fries as USDA limits spuds (AP)
AP – Often maligned, the french fry is fighting back.
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Lawmakers defend french fries as USDA limits spuds (AP)
AP – Often maligned, the french fry is fighting back.
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Lawmakers defend french fries as USDA limits spuds
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Hundreds protest Ga. charter school ruling (AP)
AP – Hundreds of Georgia charter school parents, students and school administrators are protesting a ruling by the state’s highest court that overturned a law allowing the creation of state-approved charters.
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Hundreds protest Ga. charter school ruling (AP)
AP – Hundreds of Georgia charter school parents, students and school administrators are protesting a ruling by the state’s highest court that overturned a law allowing the creation of state-approved charters.
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Warrant issued for man in Houston school shooting (AP)
AP – A warrant has been issued for a man accused of allowing a 6-year-old boy access to a gun that the child accidentally fired inside an elementary school cafeteria in Houston.
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Senator eyes bill to rein in for-profit schools (Reuters)
Reuters – The head of the U.S. Senate’s education committee put further pressure on for-profit colleges, vowing new legislation to curb deceptive recruiting practices.
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49 finalists for US education innovation dollars (AP)
AP – The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday announced 49 finalists for a share of the $650 million it plans to give away to encourage innovation.
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49 finalists for US education innovation dollars
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