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• Feinberg to Help Teachers Union Speed Due Process (Bloomberg)
• Beverly Hills votes on rejecting outside pupils (AP)
• Group rallies over Alabama prepaid tuition program (AP)
• Iowa gov seeks more school spending during speech (AP)
• Chief: Idaho schools need more budget flexibility (AP)
• Surviving the Start of B-School (BusinessWeek)
• Historian: Marriage about more than procreation (AP)

Feinberg to Help Teachers Union Speed Due Process (Bloomberg) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 12:57 PM PST Bloomberg - Jan. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The American Federation of Teachers hired Kenneth Feinberg, the Obama administration’s special master on executive compensation, to develop a faster process for dealing with teachers accused of misconduct as part of a series of proposals to improve public education.

Beverly Hills votes on rejecting outside pupils (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 09:10 AM PST AP - Hundreds of parents whose children enjoyed the opportunities of Beverly Hills' coveted schools are finding out whether they can stay enrolled, as the school board votes on a controversial proposal to boot out almost 500 out-of-district students.

Group rallies over Alabama prepaid tuition program (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 09:00 AM PST AP - More than 100 members of Save Alabama PACT gathered in Montgomery on the Legislature's opening day in support of a bill saying the state will stand behind the financially troubled prepaid college tuition plan.

Iowa gov seeks more school spending during speech (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 08:34 AM PST AP - Despite a crushing budget shortfall, Iowa Gov. Chet Culver asked the Legislature on Tuesday for a 2 percent increase in local school budgets and wants lawmakers to restore $100 million that was cut from education in an across-the-board spending reduction.

Chief: Idaho schools need more budget flexibility (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 07:42 AM PST AP - Public schools will need greater flexibility — including the ability to modify teacher contracts — to weather a proposed $27 million midyear cut, the Idaho Department of Education said.

Surviving the Start of B-School (BusinessWeek) Posted: 12 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.

Historian: Marriage about more than procreation (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2010 01:49 PM PST AP - A Harvard professor testifying in a case challenging California's gay marriage ban presented a centuries-old history lesson Tuesday on government regulation of marriage, even touching on President Bill Clinton's indiscretions to argue that the institution has evolved dramatically over time.

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