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• Kindergartner killed in Ohio school bus accident (AP)
• States to establish uniform standards for teaching (AP)
• Ranking the college rankings (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Fine-tuning college degrees to the job market (The Christian Science Monitor)
• States requiring PE, but amount varies (AP)

Kindergartner killed in Ohio school bus accident (AP) Posted: 02 Jun 2010 01:06 PM PDT AP - Authorities say a school bus carrying seven children went off an Ohio highway, hit a utility pole and flipped onto its roof, killing a kindergartner.

States to establish uniform standards for teaching (AP) Posted: 02 Jun 2010 10:14 AM PDT AP - Eighth-graders should understand the Pythagorean theorem. And by high school graduation, all U.S. students should be ready for college or a career.

Ranking the college rankings (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 02 Jun 2010 08:17 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In 1999, Yongjun Huang was graduating from high school in Xindu, China, and looking to study mechanical engineering. Now a Georgia Tech graduate, he says he "compared dozens of schools" in China and the US with the only tools available: "traditional reputation" and the college rankings in US News & World Report and the Princeton Review.

Fine-tuning college degrees to the job market (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 02 Jun 2010 08:16 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Over the next few months, there will be anger, frustration, and the occasional fist-pumping, "Yes!" as this year's graduates send out résumés and students changing schools attempt to transfer credits.

States requiring PE, but amount varies (AP) Posted: 02 Jun 2010 12:07 AM PDT AP - More states are requiring physical education for elementary, middle and high school students, though few require kids to exercise for a specific amount of time.

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