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• Texas debates the way history will be taught (AP)
• Perry: Texas won't seek federal education funding (AP)
• Texas won't vie for "Race to the Top" school aid (Reuters)
• Power leases may be allowed on Neb. school land (AP)
• Vote delayed on Ala. tuition plan bailout bill (AP)
• Charter school plan is axed, Ky. ed bill passes (AP)
• Kansas educators wary of school funding cuts (AP)
• Idaho lawmakers scrutinize 'Race to the Top' grant (AP)
• Colo. lawmakers to tackle education, budget gap (AP)
• Alabama governor sets big agenda for final year (AP)
• Beverly Hills to boot non-district K-8 pupils (AP)
• Ky. Senate begins deliberations on education bill (AP)
• Surviving the Start of B-School (BusinessWeek)
• A Financial Lifeline for Foreign MBA Students (BusinessWeek)
• School built on site where RFK shot named for him (AP)

Texas debates the way history will be taught (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 03:52 PM PST AP - Students, parents and lawmakers lobbied Wednesday for more diversity in Texas' social studies curriculum, before the state board of education adopts new classroom standards that will determine how history is taught for the next decade.

Perry: Texas won't seek federal education funding (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 03:21 PM PST AP - Texas won't compete for up to $700 million in federal stimulus money for education because the program "smacks of a federal takeover of our public schools," Republican Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday.

Texas won't vie for "Race to the Top" school aid (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 03:00 PM PST Reuters - Texas will not compete for the new federal "Race to the Top" school aid as it would cost the state more than $3 billion, but it could qualify for $750 million, Republican Governor Rick Perry said on Wednesday.

Power leases may be allowed on Neb. school land (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 01:24 PM PST AP - Nebraska school trust land is a step closer to being used to produce electricity.

Vote delayed on Ala. tuition plan bailout bill (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 01:09 PM PST AP - An Alabama Senate committee has postponed consideration of a bill to bail out the state's financially troubled prepaid college tuition plan.

Charter school plan is axed, Ky. ed bill passes (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 01:06 PM PST AP - State lawmakers axed a charter schools proposal from fast-tracked legislation intended to strengthen Kentucky's application for a massive infusion of federal school improvement money.

Kansas educators wary of school funding cuts (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 12:27 PM PST AP - Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson's budget included what seemed to many educators to be a nice gesture, a $50 per student increase in state aid.

Idaho lawmakers scrutinize 'Race to the Top' grant (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:07 AM PST AP - About half of the state's financially strapped school districts have signed onto Idaho's bid for $75 million or more in competitive federal grants, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna told lawmakers Wednesday.

Colo. lawmakers to tackle education, budget gap (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:50 AM PST AP - Warning that there are rough roads ahead, Colorado lawmakers returned to work Wednesday and immediately began efforts to tackle education reform and fill a $1.5 billion gap in the state budget.

Alabama governor sets big agenda for final year (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:23 AM PST AP - Alabama's lame-duck governor laid out a lengthy agenda Tuesday night for his final year in office, including stopping gambling, legalizing charter schools, and writing lean budgets that won't saddle his successor with spending cuts.

Beverly Hills to boot non-district K-8 pupils (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 06:49 AM PST AP - After more than four hours of emotional and sometimes contentious debate, the Beverly Hills Unified School District approved a controversial proposal Tuesday to boot out more than 400 out-of-district students.

Ky. Senate begins deliberations on education bill (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:29 AM PST AP - A fast-tracked proposal intended to strengthen Kentucky's application for a massive infusion of federal school improvement money will face revisions before receiving a floor vote, Senate Education Chairman Ken Winters said Tuesday.

Surviving the Start of B-School (BusinessWeek) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:08 AM PST BusinessWeek - Worst part of business school: applying. Best part: everything else. The entire business school admissions process was a necessary evil (and an expensive one, when you factor in travel expenses and application fees). It conflicted with the U.S. Army culture I had grown to appreciate. An officer is a silent professional whose competence is measured in actions, not words. Unfortunately, that's not how the business school application game is played -- it's a Darwinian combination of Guess Who? and The Dating Game.

A Financial Lifeline for Foreign MBA Students (BusinessWeek) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 03:46 AM PST BusinessWeek - Admissions Director Rosemarie Martinelli remembers the panic she felt when she learned a program that the University of Chicago Booth School of Business(Booth Full-Time MBA Profile) was using for international student loans collapsed at the height of the frenzied 2008 fall admissions season. The CitiAssist loan program was the second lender to disappear at the time, and few, if any, other banks were willing to help international students secure funding.

School built on site where RFK shot named for him (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 06:23 PM PST AP - The school complex built on the site of Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel where Robert F. Kennedy was killed will be named after the senator.

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