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• Strings attached to stimulus dollars for schools (AP)
• Ark. program to provide career coaches for schools (AP)
• Chinua Achebe returns with a collection of essays (AP)
• University of Montana proposes campus tobacco ban (AP)
• Stimulus patches part of Ore. schools' budget gap (AP)
• Lawmaker wants probe of E. coli and school lunches (AP)
• Industry pushes chocolate milk in schools (AP)
• 4th Chicago teen charged in videotaped beating (AP)

Strings attached to stimulus dollars for schools (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2009 02:19 PM PST AP - The Obama administration is ready to hand out more stimulus dollars for schools, but this time, strings are attached.

Ark. program to provide career coaches for schools (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2009 01:30 PM PST AP - Forty-three "career coaches" will be placed in high schools around Arkansas next year to help students chart their college and career goals, state officials announced Monday.

Chinua Achebe returns with a collection of essays (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2009 11:16 AM PST AP - "The Education of a British-Protected Child" (Knopf, 208 pages, $24.95), by Chinua Achebe: Nigerian author Chinua Achebe's new book, his first in 20 years, is not especially new. And maybe that's part of the point.

University of Montana proposes campus tobacco ban (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2009 10:49 AM PST AP - The University of Montana is proposing a campus-wide ban on all forms of tobacco, though students and staff would have nearly two years to quit before it's enforced.

Stimulus patches part of Ore. schools' budget gap (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2009 08:12 AM PST AP - The math isn't so hard when it comes to the faculty of the Tigard-Tualatin school district.

Lawmaker wants probe of E. coli and school lunches (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2009 05:44 AM PST AP - The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.

Industry pushes chocolate milk in schools (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2009 05:00 AM PST AP - The creators of the "Got Milk?" campaign are getting ready to make a big push to keep chocolate milk on kids' minds and on school lunch menus, a plan that has some educators and obesity activists none too pleased.

4th Chicago teen charged in videotaped beating (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:48 PM PST AP - A fourth teen is facing murder charges in the beating death of a Chicago high school honor student last month.

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