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• Police: Chicago schools president commits suicide (AP)
• Judge tells Chicago to let students transfer (AP)
• China fuels US foreign student boom (AFP)
• Hawaii gov's plan would restore classroom days (AP)

Police: Chicago schools president commits suicide (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 04:30 PM PST AP - Chicago's school board president apparently shot himself in the head near the Chicago River before dawn Monday, officials said as his death was met with disbelief by civic leaders and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

Judge tells Chicago to let students transfer (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 03:15 PM PST AP - A federal judge says Chicago Public Schools must arrange for the immediate transfer of students who want to leave a South Side high school after an honor student's brutal beating death.

China fuels US foreign student boom (AFP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:17 PM PST AFP - The number of foreigners enrolled at US universities shot to a record high in the last academic year fueled by an influx of Chinese students, an educators' group said Monday.

Hawaii gov's plan would restore classroom days (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 05:57 AM PST AP - Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle proposed a plan Sunday to end the state's hotly disputed teacher furloughs starting in January, using a rainy day budget fund and converting planning days for teachers into regular classroom time to cancel a 10 percent reduction in school days.

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