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• Iowa student gives classmates rat poison; all OK (AP)
• Clemson official: School manipulated rankings (AP)
• Military-backed public schools on the rise in US (AP)
• Duncan tabs education grant for displaced workers (AP)

Iowa student gives classmates rat poison; all OK (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 11:12 AM PDT AP - An elementary school student in Davenport, Iowa, gave rat poison to seven classmates, but a district official says no one was sickened.

Clemson official: School manipulated rankings (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 10:07 AM PDT AP - A rogue Clemson University staffer has accused the South Carolina school of manipulating its U.S. News & World Report ranking — reviving a debate over what critics call the pernicious influence of the magazine's annual college ratings.

Military-backed public schools on the rise in US (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 03:32 AM PDT AP - The U.S. Marine Corps is wooing public school districts across the country, expanding a network of military academies that has grown steadily despite criticism that it's a recruiting ploy.

Duncan tabs education grant for displaced workers (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 09:01 PM PDT AP - The federal government is launching a $7 million grant program to help kick-start training to prepare laid-off autoworkers and other unemployed people for a second career, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said.

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