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Gates Foundation to invest in community colleges (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 11:42 PM CST AP - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation would like to encourage more 20-somethings to get a post-high school degree or certificate before starting a family.

Fla. gov.: State should probe reform school graves (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 05:26 PM CST AP - A dirt road near a state-run reform school where children were abused in the 1950s and '60s ends at a makeshift cemetery — more than 30 white metal crosses neatly lined in four rows.

Ex-Wash Post editor Downie joins Arizona J school (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 01:42 PM CST AP - Leonard Downie Jr., former executive editor of The Washington Post, has accepted a teaching position at Arizona State University's journalism school, the school announced Monday.

College Board settles NY, Conn. student loan probe (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 01:26 PM CST AP - New York officials say the national association that writes and administers the SAT has resolved a two-state investigation into deceptive marketing of student loans.

Detroit public schools in fiscal emergency (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 01:10 PM CST Reuters - Detroit public schools are in a financial emergency and a manager will be appointed to take over the district's finances, Michigan's superintendent of public instruction said on Monday.

Obama education pick sparks conflict (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 11:15 AM CST AP - President-elect Barack Obama has not signaled what he will do to fix the country's failing schools, but his choice of education secretary will say a lot about the policies he may pursue.

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