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 AP - Kansas City School Superintendent John Covington says the decision to close almost half the district's schools was difficult and painful but "unquestionably the right thing to do."
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 AP - The University of Alabama in Huntsville has fired the professor accused of shooting six co-workers, killing three.
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Reuters - In search of Mr. or Mrs. Right, dozens of Japanese are attending a newly launched school in Tokyo that aims to turn them into marriage material.
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AP - Kansas City School Superintendent John Covington says the decision to close almost half the district's schools was difficult and painful but "unquestionably the right thing to do."
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AP - The University of Alabama in Huntsville has fired the professor accused of shooting six co-workers, killing three.
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Reuters - In search of Mr. or Mrs. Right, dozens of Japanese are attending a newly launched school in Tokyo that aims to turn them into marriage material.
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 AP - Governors and education leaders on Wednesday proposed sweeping new school standards that could lead to students across the country using the same math and English textbooks and taking the same tests, replacing a patchwork of state and local systems in an attempt to raise student achievement nationwide.
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The Christian Science Monitor - The public got its first look Wednesday at the English and math academic standards that may eventually be the new norm for Americaâs K-12 schools â an important step in the Obama administrationâs effort to raise expectations for what students should learn and to shift schools toward the goal of âcollege and career readiness.â
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AP - A former employee of Texas state facility for the developmentally disabled accused of sanctioning fights among residents has pleaded guilty midway through his Corpus Christi trial.
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AP - Computer networking systems maker 3Com Corp. said Wednesday that it received a three-year contract with the Department of Education and Training in Australia's Northern Territory to supply schools.
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AP - Kansas City School Superintendent John Covington says the decision to close almost half the district's schools was difficult and painful but "unquestionably the right thing to do."
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AP - The University of Alabama in Huntsville has fired the professor accused of shooting six co-workers, killing three.
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Reuters - In search of Mr. or Mrs. Right, dozens of Japanese are attending a newly launched school in Tokyo that aims to turn them into marriage material.
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AP - Governors and education leaders on Wednesday proposed sweeping new school standards that could lead to students across the country using the same math and English textbooks and taking the same tests, replacing a patchwork of state and local systems in an attempt to raise student achievement nationwide.
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The Christian Science Monitor - The public got its first look Wednesday at the English and math academic standards that may eventually be the new norm for Americaâs K-12 schools â an important step in the Obama administrationâs effort to raise expectations for what students should learn and to shift schools toward the goal of âcollege and career readiness.â
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AP - A former employee of Texas state facility for the developmentally disabled accused of sanctioning fights among residents has pleaded guilty midway through his Corpus Christi trial.
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AP - Computer networking systems maker 3Com Corp. said Wednesday that it received a three-year contract with the Department of Education and Training in Australia's Northern Territory to supply schools.
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AP - Governors and state education leaders are proposing a new set of standards to define what should be taught in the nation's public schools, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
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 AP - Texas' state education board, rocked by primary elections that may push the influential panel's far-right leanings toward the center, is set to take its first vote on a new social studies curriculum that could reverberate in classrooms nationwide.
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AP - The West Virginia Department of Education has awarded a contract to a Texas company to improve its food service operations at schools across the state.
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 AP - A police officer in Brooklyn has fatally shot a man who the NYPD says was brandishing a fake pistol near a school.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Education Secretary Arne Duncan signaled Monday the Obama administrationâs intention to step up enforcement of civil rights laws that apply to schools and colleges, many of which are often ignored.
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 AP - Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday the federal government will become more vigilant to make sure students have equal access and opportunity to everything ranging from college prep classes to science and engineering programs.
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 AP - The U.S. beverage industry has largely stopped delivering sugary drinks to schools and has replaced them with lower-calorie options, the head of the industry's trade association said Monday.
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Reuters - Washington Post Co said in a regulatory filing last week that the Department of Education in September began a "program review" of part of its education unit. The news was earlier reported by Barron's publication.
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 AP - U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will meet with students as planned at Montgomery's Robert E. Lee High School, despite a state legislator's call to cancel the appearance.
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AP - Recent bias incidents at University of California campuses:
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 AP - Swastikas, nooses, a KKK hood, graffiti, epithets and jeers.
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 AP - Home-school mom Susan Mule wishes she hadn't taken a friend's advice and tried a textbook from a popular Christian publisher for her 10-year-old's biology lessons.
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AP - A racially charged debate over school busing in North Carolina has turned even uglier after an education official referred to proponents of a diversity program as "animals out of the cages."
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