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• Feds pick Delaware, Tenn. for $600M ed grants (AP)
• In Texas, fear follows Mexicans who flee drug war (AP)
• 9 charged with bullying Mass. teen who killed self (AP)
• History of school reform offers glimmers of hope (AP)
• Slain child's mom: Charges bring some relief (AP)
• Company Says 3.3 Million Student Loan Records Stolen (PC World)

Feds pick Delaware, Tenn. for $600M ed grants (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2010 03:47 PM PDT AP - Federal officials on Monday awarded Tennessee and Delaware $600 million in grants to improve failing schools, sending a message to other states hoping to win money: revamp your education laws and get your districts and teachers to sign off.

In Texas, fear follows Mexicans who flee drug war (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2010 12:39 PM PDT AP - When black SUVs trail school buses around here, no one dismisses it as routine traffic. And when three tough-looking Mexican men pace around the high school gym during a basketball game, no one assumes they're just fans.

9 charged with bullying Mass. teen who killed self (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2010 12:38 PM PDT AP - Insults and threats followed 15-year-old Phoebe Prince almost from her first day at South Hadley High School, targeting the Irish immigrant in the halls, library and in vicious cell phone text messages.

History of school reform offers glimmers of hope (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2010 05:41 AM PDT AP - "Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning" (Belknap Press, 336 pages, $25.95) by Paul E. Peterson: Education reformers have left the essential teacher-pupil relationship untouched for more than a century, fighting instead for changes outside the classroom: desegregation, teacher pay hikes, funding equality, increased testing, vouchers and changes in curriculum.

Slain child's mom: Charges bring some relief (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2010 05:33 AM PDT AP - The mother of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, who vanished while walking home from school in north Florida, says charges filed in her daughter's murder have brought some relief.

Company Says 3.3 Million Student Loan Records Stolen (PC World) Posted: 29 Mar 2010 04:10 AM PDT PC World - Data on 3.3 million borrowers was stolen from a nonprofit company that helps with student loan financing.

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