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• Rowdy protester target funding cuts at US campuses (AP)
• Fire the teachers? When schools fail, it may work (AP)
• 15 states, DC named 'Race to the Top' finalists (AP)
• 15 UW-Milwaukee protesters detained after scuffles (AP)
• 15 states and DC make education grant shortlist (Reuters)

Rowdy protester target funding cuts at US campuses (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 05:25 PM PST AP - Students staged raucous rallies on nationwide college campuses Thursday in protests against deep education cuts that turned violent as demonstrators threw punches and ice chunks in Wisconsin and blocked university gates and smashed car windows in California.

Fire the teachers? When schools fail, it may work (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 05:13 PM PST AP - When all the teachers were fired from Central Falls High School last week in a sweeping effort at school reform, their superintendent gave them a taste of the accountability President Barack Obama says is necessary.

15 states, DC named 'Race to the Top' finalists (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 04:39 PM PST AP - The U.S. Department of Education named 16 finalists Thursday in the first round of its "Race to the Top" competition, which will deliver $4.35 billion in school reform grants.

15 UW-Milwaukee protesters detained after scuffles (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 02:58 PM PST AP - A spokesman for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee says police have detained 15 people following a tuition protest that turned violent.

15 states and DC make education grant shortlist (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 11:00 AM PST Reuters - The Department of Education said on Thursday that 15 states and the District of Columbia are in the final running for new stimulus grants to be distributed this spring.

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