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Kerrey stepping down at NYC's New school in 2011 (AP) Posted: 07 May 2009 03:38 PM PDT AP - Former presidential candidate Bob Kerrey is stepping down as president of the New School when his contract is up in 2011 but says it has nothing to do with faculty and student protests against him.

Whaling education spared budget harpoon (AP) Posted: 07 May 2009 03:11 PM PDT AP - Is President Barack Obama afraid of facing down Moby Dick?

Obama meets with Sharpton, Gingrich, Bloomberg (AP) Posted: 07 May 2009 03:09 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday discussed ways to improve the education system with the unlikely political trio of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Rev. Al Sharpton and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Sallie Mae Plans Life Without Loans Obama Wants Gone (Bloomberg) Posted: 07 May 2009 01:15 PM PDT Bloomberg -      May 7 (Bloomberg) -- Sallie Mae, the biggest U.S. provider of college loans, says it doesn’t oppose President Barack Obama’s plan to wipe out much of that business. The company just has a few suggestions.

Los Angeles Looks at Firing Teachers (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 07 May 2009 12:27 PM PDT U.S. News & World Report - Some might see the slump in the economy and the school budget shortfalls it has spawned as an opportunity to weed out the weakest teachers in our nation's schools. Indeed, the Los Angeles Unified School District is reconsidering the process it uses to fire ineffective teachers, with an eye toward making it easier to dismiss them.

Sallie Mae Plans Life Without College Loans Obama Wants Gone (Bloomberg) Posted: 06 May 2009 09:00 PM PDT Bloomberg -      May 7 (Bloomberg) -- Sallie Mae, the biggest U.S. provider of college loans, says it doesn’t oppose President Barack Obama’s plan to wipe out much of that business. The company just has a few suggestions.

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