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• Texas board swamped with flak over curriculum plan (AP)
• Mass. Cardinal: Catholic schools welcome all (AP)
• Prosecutor: NJ schoolyard deaths part of gang test (AP)
• Senate to consider $23 billion for schools (Reuters)
• Students escape bus that ignited on LA freeway (AP)
• 7 Questions to Ask When Considering a Gap Year (U.S. News & World Report)
• Fla. teen beating victim getting ready to go home (AP)
• Report: Reading skills in early grades are crucial to success (The Christian Science Monitor)

Texas board swamped with flak over curriculum plan (AP) Posted: 19 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT AP - Conservatives on the Texas State Board of Education were defiant Wednesday as a parade of critics came before them, most urging a fresh rewrite of new classroom social studies guidelines and a delay of a scheduled vote to adopt them.

Mass. Cardinal: Catholic schools welcome all (AP) Posted: 19 May 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley says Catholic schools in the archdiocese welcome all children, even as they work to make sure the church's teachings aren't compromised.

Prosecutor: NJ schoolyard deaths part of gang test (AP) Posted: 19 May 2010 03:12 PM PDT AP - The execution-style slayings of three friends in a New Jersey schoolyard nearly three years ago were carried out to test the mettle of an aspiring gang member, a prosecutor told jury members Wednesday as the first trial stemming from the attacks neared a conclusion.

Senate to consider $23 billion for schools (Reuters) Posted: 19 May 2010 02:20 PM PDT Reuters - A leading Senator on education intends to attach $23 billion for public schools to a military spending bill that could come up for debate this week, his office said on Wednesday.

Students escape bus that ignited on LA freeway (AP) Posted: 19 May 2010 02:16 PM PDT AP - Motorists jumped from vehicles to kick open doors and help about two dozen third-graders out of a blazing school bus that had stalled on a busy freeway Wednesday near Universal Studios Hollywood, authorities and witnesses said.

7 Questions to Ask When Considering a Gap Year (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 19 May 2010 08:50 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - While it has been a longtime tradition for high school graduates in Europe to spend a "gap year" traveling the world and volunteering before college, this practice is becoming more popular and accepted in the United States. U.S. News spoke with students who took a gap year before college, as well as gap year counselors and college admissions officials, to answer common questions related to taking a gap year.

Fla. teen beating victim getting ready to go home (AP) Posted: 19 May 2010 04:59 AM PDT AP - The 15-year-old Florida girl brutally attacked by another teen at a middle school is getting ready to go home.

Report: Reading skills in early grades are crucial to success (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 18 May 2010 04:52 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Those working to improve high school and college graduation rates may need to focus their attention on a milestone that comes far earlier: whether students can read well by the end of third grade.

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