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• Ed Secretary Duncan faces questions on admissions (AP)
• Banks on verge of losing student lending business (AP)
• Irish bank declares Wis. school trusts in default (AP)
• Job outlook for youth no worse this summer (Reuters)
• Congress takes aim at unhealthy school lunches (AP)
• Big Changes Coming to Student Loans (U.S. News & World Report)
• Man who bought gun used in Ala. rampage won't talk (AP)
• No Child Left Behind embraces 'college and career readiness' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Ed Secretary Duncan faces questions on admissions (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:09 PM PDT AP - Revelations that President Barack Obama's top education official kept a log of calls from powerful people trying to get students into top Chicago high schools when he ran the massive district have raised new questions about the city's admissions practices.

Banks on verge of losing student lending business (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:06 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's health care success has an intended side effect: Attached to the fast-track package of health care fixes is an overhaul of college assistance programs that would cost private lenders billions of dollars in college loans.

Irish bank declares Wis. school trusts in default (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 02:32 PM PDT AP - An Irish bank that loaned $165 million to five Wisconsin school districts for investments that went bust said Wednesday it is moving to reclaim what is left in the accounts and speed up repayment.

Job outlook for youth no worse this summer (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 01:59 PM PDT Reuters - Summer jobs will be roughly as plentiful for teens and college students this year as they were in 2009, according to research released on Wednesday by a popular hourly job online site.

Congress takes aim at unhealthy school lunches (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 01:21 PM PDT AP - Kids will always grab pizza and dessert in the school lunch line, but those items may be healthier in coming school years if Democrats in Congress succeed in toughening rules governing the nation's school lunches.

Big Changes Coming to Student Loans (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 07:20 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - Buried deep in the controversial healthcare bill are provisions that promise to make big changes to the student loan industry. The reforms were passed by the House and now await Senate passage and the president's signature. Because the provisions require only a simple majority, lobbyists said they had a good chance of becoming law.

Man who bought gun used in Ala. rampage won't talk (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 06:39 AM PDT AP - A man who police say bought a gun more than 20 years ago that was used last month in a fatal Alabama university rampage is declining to comment on his role.

No Child Left Behind embraces 'college and career readiness' (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 04:15 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Read any article on education these days, and chances are you'll come across the words "college- and career-ready." It's the catchphrase du jour â€" the goal of almost every education reformer on both the right and the left.

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