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• Achievement gap still splits white, black students (AP)
• Black-white disparity: How states compare (AP)
• Campus cuisine: Dorm cooking, dining hall options (AP)
• $20M grant for UAMS links with 60-school effort (AP)
• Obama says lost auto jobs are gone (Reuters)
• Going back to college, this time just for fun (AP)
• School mascots get tips on sideline safety (AP)
• Too much homework? Parents, schools seek balance (AP)
• Back-to-school fashion is a study of the '60s (AP)
• Picking junior's teacher: Should parents weigh in? (AP)
• U.S. back-to-school spending to fall this year: survey (Reuters)

Achievement gap still splits white, black students (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2009 03:34 PM PDT AP - Despite unprecedented efforts to improve minority achievement in the past decade, the gap between black and white students remains frustratingly wide, according to an Education Department report released Tuesday.

Black-white disparity: How states compare (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2009 12:31 PM PDT AP - A look at the achievement gap between black and white students on nationwide reading and math tests in 2007, according to a new Education Department report. Tests were graded on a 500-point scale.

Campus cuisine: Dorm cooking, dining hall options (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2009 12:29 PM PDT AP - Once upon a time, eating in a college dorm meant soup in a hotpot or getting pizza delivered. The most interesting thing about the campus dining hall was often the salad bar.

$20M grant for UAMS links with 60-school effort (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2009 11:45 AM PDT AP - A $20 million research grant announced by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on Tuesday is the largest the medical school has received and, according to the UAMS chancellor, its most important.

Obama says lost auto jobs are gone (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2009 11:36 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama took a dose of reality to Michigan on Tuesday, saying that thousands of jobs lost to the auto industry's downturn are not coming back and it is time to prepare for new industries.

Going back to college, this time just for fun (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2009 10:49 AM PDT AP - It was starting to get embarrassing: I'd been living in New York City for 20 years and had never been to the symphony.

School mascots get tips on sideline safety (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2009 10:33 AM PDT AP - When Jevin Fluegel took the job as his high school's mascot, "Ty the Tiger," he thought the gig would be all about generating school spirit and making people smile.

Too much homework? Parents, schools seek balance (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2009 10:29 AM PDT AP - Christina Harris doesn't believe kindergarteners should have homework. So at the beginning of her son's kindergarten year, she flat-out told the teacher he wouldn't be doing any.

Back-to-school fashion is a study of the '60s (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2009 10:18 AM PDT AP - Peace, love and neon. Those are the back-to-school buzzwords for a generation too young to remember those fashion themes the first time around, or even the second.

Picking junior's teacher: Should parents weigh in? (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2009 10:16 AM PDT AP - After doing some research, including sitting in on classrooms, Valerie Gilbert thought she knew which third-grade teacher would be perfect for her son, Stanley.

U.S. back-to-school spending to fall this year: survey (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2009 09:15 PM PDT Reuters - Parents plan to spend less money on back-to-school gear for their children this year, according to a survey released on Tuesday, a worrisome sign for retailers heading into what should be their second busiest selling period of the year behind Christmas.

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