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• LA schools approve plan to cut 5,000 jobs (AP)
• EPA unveils new policies on water at schools (AP)
• Pittsburgh mayor seeks to delay tuition tax vote (AP)
• More than 10,000 in Mo. seek free tech training (AP)
• Calif. higher ed leaders call for more state funds (AP)
• A $3.5 Billion Plan to Help the U.S.'s Worst Schools (Time.com)
• Cost of school formals soaring as teenagers glam-up (Reuters)

LA schools approve plan to cut 5,000 jobs (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 04:40 PM PST AP - The Los Angeles school board has approved a budget plan that calls for more than 5,000 job cuts.

EPA unveils new policies on water at schools (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 03:27 PM PST AP - The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a new national strategy to enforce safe drinking water laws in small, rural communities on Tuesday and pledged to redouble efforts to protect children from toxic water in schools.

Pittsburgh mayor seeks to delay tuition tax vote (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 08:10 AM PST AP - Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl says he will ask city council to again delay a vote on a first-of-its-kind 1 percent tax on college tuition.

More than 10,000 in Mo. seek free tech training (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 08:08 AM PST AP - The state says more than 10,000 Missourians have requested vouchers for free technology training being offered through a partnership with Microsoft.

Calif. higher ed leaders call for more state funds (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 07:57 AM PST AP - California's promise of an affordable higher education for its residents is being jeopardized by state budget cuts, the leaders of the state's college and university systems warned.

A $3.5 Billion Plan to Help the U.S.'s Worst Schools (Time.com) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 08:15 AM PST Time.com - With $3.5 billion in new funds, Education Secretary Arne Duncan hopes to "turn around" America's lowest-performing schools

Cost of school formals soaring as teenagers glam-up (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 08:07 PM PST Reuters - Parents used to save for their children's weddings but now there's another major rite of passage to fund before they even leave home -- the school formal or prom, a booming industry which seems recession-proof.

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