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• Calif. faculty union approves furloughs, pay cuts (AP)
• NYC's mayor to keep control of schools: lawmakers (Reuters)
• Obama offers 'Race to the Top' contest for schools (AP)
• Surprising News About the Achievement Gap (U.S. News & World Report)
• House permits needle exchange programs (AP)
• Obama unveils $4 billion school improvement plan (Reuters)
• Obama offers 'Race to the Top' contest for schools (AP)
• NCAA turns to myPlaybook to clarify drug policies (AP)
• Antigay Professor Cancels on Law School (The Advocate)
• Obama to address education reform on Friday (AP)

Calif. faculty union approves furloughs, pay cuts (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 04:53 PM PDT AP - A union that represents 22,000 California State University faculty members has agreed to take furloughs two days a month to help close a huge budget deficit at the 23-campus system, officials said Friday.

NYC's mayor to keep control of schools: lawmakers (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 02:12 PM PDT Reuters - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will keep control of the biggest U.S. school system, state Senate Democratic leaders said on Friday, adding that the mayor accepted their plans to give parents more say.

Obama offers 'Race to the Top' contest for schools (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 01:56 PM PDT AP - Dangling the promise of $5 billion in grants, President Barack Obama pressured states to embrace his ideas for overhauling the nation's schools, ideas that include performance pay for teachers and charter schools.

Surprising News About the Achievement Gap (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 01:01 PM PDT U.S. News & World Report - Owing to a legacy of slavery and segregation, the gap in academic achievement levels between white and black students historically has been the widest in the Southern states, but a new study released last week by the Department of Education shows that black students' learning gains are improving more in the South than in some Northern states.

House permits needle exchange programs (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 02:30 PM PDT AP - The House voted Friday to lift a ban on using taxpayer dollars for needle exchange programs for intravenous drug users intended to prevent the spread of HIV and other diseases.

Obama unveils $4 billion school improvement plan (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 11:43 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday announced a competition for $4 billion in federal grants to improve academic achievement and reverse a decline in U.S. public schools.

Obama offers 'Race to the Top' contest for schools (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 11:20 AM PDT AP - Using money as bait, President Barack Obama challenged states and school districts Friday to raise their academic standards, improve teacher quality and allow more innovation if they want a chance at roughly $5 billion in new grants.

NCAA turns to myPlaybook to clarify drug policies (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 07:59 AM PDT AP - David Wyrick sat through the "Just Say No" lectures about the dangers of drug use during his college basketball days at Elon. Yet, when it came to NCAA drug guidelines and testing, Wyrick knew he didn't have a clue.

Antigay Professor Cancels on Law School (The Advocate) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 05:52 AM PDT The Advocate - A visiting law professor scheduled to teach at NYU law school this fall has canceled, citing the uproar over her antigay views, reports Agence France-Presse

Obama to address education reform on Friday (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 01:58 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is turning his attention to education and people with disabilities.

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