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• Ala. girl struck, killed by her school bus (AP)
• Triple-death trial revisits Newark's turning point (AP)
• Report: Philly charter schools risk taxpayer money (AP)
• 3 girls in Mass. bullying case plead not guilty (AP)
• Inner-city Chicago charter school has perfect college acceptance rate (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Northeast has best schools for housing dollar (Reuters)

Ala. girl struck, killed by her school bus (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:10 PM PDT AP - An 8-year-old girl has been struck and killed by her school bus in south Alabama after she stepped off the vehicle.

Triple-death trial revisits Newark's turning point (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT AP - The bodies of the three friends were found slumped near a playground wall, each killed by a shot to the head. Nearby, a fourth lay clinging to life after being shot and stabbed.

Report: Philly charter schools risk taxpayer money (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:37 PM PDT AP - An investigation of Philadelphia charter schools has found that questionable financial practices are putting public funds at risk of fraud, waste and abuse.

3 girls in Mass. bullying case plead not guilty (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:27 PM PDT AP - Three teenage girls accused of participating in the bullying of a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide pleaded not guilty through their lawyers Thursday to charges including civil rights violations and criminal harassment.

Inner-city Chicago charter school has perfect college acceptance rate (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:45 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In Chicago, the graduation rate for African-American boys is about 40 percent, and only about half of all students are accepted to some form of college. The chances of young black men going to college â€" particularly young men from the poorest neighborhoods â€" are not good.

Northeast has best schools for housing dollar (Reuters) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 07:45 AM PDT Reuters - Parents looking for the best state school system for their housing dollar should concentrate on the northeast section of the country, particularly Massachusetts, according to a new report.

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