Pressure remains for higher education: Moody’s (Reuters)
Reuters – The financial conditions of many U.S. colleges and universities will likely not improve much this year, as states continue cutting funding for public schools, students become more price sensitive, and areas for other revenue remain stretched, a lead rating agency said on Monday.
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State higher education spending sees big decline (AP)
AP – State funding for higher education has declined because of a slow recovery from the recession and the end of federal stimulus money, according to a study released Monday.
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State higher education spending sees big decline
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2011 marred by test cheating scandals across US (AP)
AP – It was the year of the test cheating scandal.
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2011 marred by test cheating scandals across US
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Report: half of schools fail federal standards (AP)
AP – Nearly half of America’s public schools didn’t meet federal achievement standards this year, marking the largest failure rate since the much-criticized No Child Left Behind Law took effect a decade ago, according to a national report released Thursday.
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Android Smartphones Have Big Security Hole [VIDEO] (Mashable)
Mashable – [brightcove video="1303264940001 " /] If Google was just starting to forget about the Android malware threats from earlier this year, now it has another security headache: Researchers at North Carolina State University just discovered a new vulnerability in some of the most popular Android phones being sold today.
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Felony charges reduced for mother who lied to put children in a better school (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor – Kelley Williams-Bolar has won a reprieve. The Ohio mother who served jail time earlier this year for falsifying information to enroll her children in the Copley-Fairlawn City Schools has had her felony convictions reduced to misdemeanors.
School voucher bills flood GOP-led statehouses (AP)
AP – More states than ever before have considered school vouchers this year, driven by resurgent Republicans who see the lagging economy as an opportunity for a fresh push on one of their most contentious education policies.
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Exclusive: Americans to stay thrifty this back-to-school season (Reuters)
Reuters – Almost two-thirds of U.S. shoppers plan to spend the same or less this back-to-school season as last year, a survey showed, in an early sign that retailers may not obtain a huge boost from the second-biggest selling season of the year.
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Exclusive: Americans to stay thrifty this back-to-school season
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Exclusive: Americans to stay thrifty this back-to-school season (Reuters)
Reuters – Almost two-thirds of U.S. shoppers plan to spend the same or less this back-to-school season as last year, a survey showed, in an early sign that retailers may not obtain a huge boost from the second-biggest selling season of the year.
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After tornado, high school will be at the shopping mall (Reuters)
Reuters – If high school students in Joplin, Missouri, actually get tired of hanging out at the mall later this year, nobody could blame them.
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After tornado, high school will be at the shopping mall
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