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First lady tells students everyone has bad days (AP) Posted: 13 May 2009 04:00 PM PDT AP - First lady Michelle Obama told third-graders Wednesday that they can help the president by working hard and never quitting.

Education secretary: Detroit schools 'ground zero' (AP) Posted: 13 May 2009 01:00 PM PDT AP - Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Wednesday that Detroit's troubled public schools are "ground zero" for education in the U.S. and promised federal help if leaders are willing to make necessary changes.

A Plan for Parents to Shut Down Schools (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 13 May 2009 12:45 PM PDT U.S. News & World Report - It might be the next school movement to sweep the country. Emboldened by charter school operators, parents of children attending failing schools in Los Angeles are signing petitions that could force the nation's second-largest school system to shut down those schools and reopen them as charters. Steve Barr, the founder of Green Dot Public Schools, a charter school operator, is one of the forces behind the grass-roots campaign. It is being called the "Parent Revolution," the Los Angeles Times reports. ...

Missing stop sign blamed in Ark. school bus crash (AP) Posted: 13 May 2009 12:17 PM PDT AP - A school bus driven by a substitute driver collided with a pickup truck at a rural intersection Wednesday morning, injuring several children, and a school official said a stolen stop sign was to blame.

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