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• UC students protest budget cuts, fee hikes (AP)
• Obama seeks money, interventions to stem dropouts (AP)
• Classes resume at Colo. school where gunman shot 2 (AP)
• Obama cites RI school firings in education speech (AP)
• Colo school reopens for counseling after shooting (AP)
• Teachers to appeal mass firings at RI high school (AP)

UC students protest budget cuts, fee hikes (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 03:37 PM PST AP - University of California students from around the state have traveled to the state capital to protest steep fee hikes and cuts to higher education funding.

Obama seeks money, interventions to stem dropouts (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 02:08 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama on Monday addressed the nation's school dropout epidemic, proposing $900 million to states and school districts that agree to drastically change or even shutter their worst performing schools.

Classes resume at Colo. school where gunman shot 2 (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 01:07 PM PST AP - A suburban Denver middle school was back in session Monday for the first time since a gunman wounded two students in the parking lot six days earlier, with counselors in every classroom and a full-time security guard on duty.

Obama cites RI school firings in education speech (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 12:05 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says a Rhode Island school that recently fired all its educators is an example of how there needs to be accountability.

Colo school reopens for counseling after shooting (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:17 PM PST AP - The Colorado school where two children were shot and wounded has reopened for students who want to talk to counselors or pick up items they left behind in the confusion after the attack.

Teachers to appeal mass firings at RI high school (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 01:30 PM PST AP - A union representing the teaching staff fired from one of the worst performing high schools in Rhode Island plans to file appeals over the dismissals.

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