Colo. lawmakers consider trans-fat ban in schools (AP)
AP – The nation’s leanest state is taking aim at junk food in school cafeterias as it considers the nation’s toughest school trans-fat ban.
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Stomach illness strikes 300 San Francisco students (Reuters)
Reuters – A Jesuit high school in San Francisco was closed for the rest of the week on Wednesday after about 300 students and 30 faculty were stricken by a stomach ailment marked by nausea and vomiting, officials there said.
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When Charter Schools Fail: Crackdown Can Disrupt Students (Time.com)
Time.com – States are closing subpar charter schools, but shuttling students back to mediocre public schools may be doing kids more harm than good
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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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Charter Schools — Unsafe Pressure-Release Valves We Don’t Need (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | Sarah Butrymowicz on Time.com reports about myriad difficulties facing charter schools and the families of their students when those schools are forced to close. Charter schools are defined in as schools that “get public funds but operate without usual bureaucratic constraints.” The purpose, to be sure, is noble: Help students who are not thriving in traditional public schools pursue academic success in smaller, more supportive environments.
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Charter Schools — Unsafe Pressure-Release Valves We Don’t Need
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What Happens to the Kids When Charter Schools Fail? (Time.com)
Time.com – States are closing sub-par charter schools, but shuttling students back to mediocre public schools may be doing kids more harm than good
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What Happens to the Kids When Charter Schools Fail?
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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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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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Students rally at Philly schools slated to close
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Consumer credit surges by most since 2001 (Reuters)
Reuters – U.S. consumer credit surged 10 percent in November, its biggest jump in a decade in a positive signal for the economy as consumers tapped their credit cards and the government doled out more student loans.
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Consumer credit surges by most since 2001
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Some of the recommendations about sex education (AP)
AP – Below are some of the recommendations offered Monday to states and school districts on sexual education by a coalition of health and education groups.
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Some of the recommendations about sex education
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