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• Heated debate expected over Texas curriculum plans (AP)
• Jurors take break in NJ schoolyard killing trial (AP)
• TV's Top Chefs star in online university (AP)
• Ed Dept: $437 million in teacher incentive grants (AP)
• Chinese kung fu kids guard against school attacks (Reuters)
• Paper: Pa. school pays alleged abuse victims $3M (AP)
• Mass. Cardinal: Catholic schools welcome all (AP)

Heated debate expected over Texas curriculum plans (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 05:22 PM PDT AP - The Texas State Board of Education is making final edits to controversial new social studies guidelines during a meeting that promises to stretch into the evening.

Jurors take break in NJ schoolyard killing trial (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 02:23 PM PDT AP - A jury has recessed until Monday as it decides the fate of the first of six defendants charged with killing three college-bound friends in New Jersey's largest city.

TV's Top Chefs star in online university (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 07:37 AM PDT AP - You've watched them whip up delectable dishes, and a soupcon of drama, in the Top Chef kitchen. Now, stars of the hit Bravo TV series are ready to school their fans: Pack your knives and go... online.

Ed Dept: $437 million in teacher incentive grants (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 07:00 AM PDT AP - The U.S. Department of Education will give $437 million in competitive grants to districts that reward teachers for improving student achievement in high-need schools.

Chinese kung fu kids guard against school attacks (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2010 03:47 AM PDT Reuters - Parents in Beijing are taking no chances over the safety of their children after a series of attacks on schoolchildren frightened and angered China.

Paper: Pa. school pays alleged abuse victims $3M (AP) Posted: 19 May 2010 09:17 PM PDT AP - A Pennsylvania newspaper says the Milton Hershey School for disadvantaged children has paid $3 million to compensate five former students who claimed they were sexually abused.

Mass. Cardinal: Catholic schools welcome all (AP) Posted: 19 May 2010 08:24 PM PDT AP - Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley on Wednesday defended a priest who denied admission to a parish school to a gay couple's child, calling it a pastoral decision and saying the priest had his "full confidence and support."

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