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• Mass. 2nd-grader sent home for crucifix drawing (AP)
• Lincoln Educational to buy back holder's shares (AP)
• NYC school kids face paying to ride to school (AP)
• Mass. ex-gov: Grudge led to Ky. college bankruptcy (AP)
• Arlington, Va., educators cancel Taliban debate (AP)
• Obama administration aims for high school financial literacy (Reuters)
• Boy, 14, accused of raping girl at Calif. school (AP)

Mass. 2nd-grader sent home for crucifix drawing (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST AP - An 8-year-old boy was sent home from school and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation after he was asked to make a Christmas drawing and sketched what appeared to be a stick figure of Jesus on a cross, the child's father said Tuesday.

Lincoln Educational to buy back holder's shares (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 03:50 PM PST AP - Lincoln Educational Services Corp. said Tuesday it plans to buy back 1.25 million shares, or a 3.7 percent stake in the company, including a block of 750,000 being sold by a major shareholder.

NYC school kids face paying to ride to school (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 03:13 PM PST AP - The cash-strapped agency that runs New York City subways and buses is considering a proposal to end the more than 60-year-old practice of giving free rides for schoolchildren, a move that could cost half a million students nearly $1,000 per year in transportation fees.

Mass. ex-gov: Grudge led to Ky. college bankruptcy (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 01:38 PM PST AP - An attorney for former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld says a federal education official bearing a grudge triggered the 2005 bankruptcy of a Kentucky vocational college Weld headed.

Arlington, Va., educators cancel Taliban debate (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 10:12 AM PST AP - A middle school principal in Virginia has called off an assignment that asked some students to represent the views of the Taliban in a mock United Nations debate.

Obama administration aims for high school financial literacy (Reuters) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 08:38 AM PST Reuters - The U.S. Treasury and Education departments announced plans on Tuesday to cooperate to improve financial education for high school students to enable them to make smarter decisions about money.

Boy, 14, accused of raping girl at Calif. school (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 10:02 PM PST AP - A 14-year-old boy is facing charges, and two school officials are on administrative leave, after authorities say a 12-year-girl was raped in a stairwell at a San Francisco Bay-area school.

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