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• Calif. gets $416M to turn around failing schools (AP)
• Massachusetts town to rethink school condom policy (AP)
• NY's top court upholds Columbia expansion plan (AP)
• Idaho to shut school involved in Bible controversy (AP)
• NY's top court upholds Columbia U. expansion plan (AP)

Calif. gets $416M to turn around failing schools (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:23 PM PDT AP - State education officials say the federal government has awarded $416 million to California to turn around dozens of its lowest public schools.

Massachusetts town to rethink school condom policy (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - Gov. Deval Patrick used his bully pulpit Thursday to call the superintendent of a Cape Cod school district and urge her to revise a new policy allowing even elementary school students to receive free condoms without the knowledge of their parents. School officials later said the policy would be revisited.

NY's top court upholds Columbia expansion plan (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:37 PM PDT AP - New York's top court on Thursday upheld a state redevelopment agency's use of eminent domain so Columbia University can expand its Ivy League campus over 17 acres in West Harlem.

Idaho to shut school involved in Bible controversy (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:05 PM PDT AP - An Idaho public charter school that unsuccessfully sued the state for barring use of the Bible as a historical text in the classroom will be shuttered because of financial troubles, officials said Thursday.

NY's top court upholds Columbia U. expansion plan (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 07:19 AM PDT AP - New York's top court has upheld a state redevelopment agency's use of eminent domain so Columbia University can expand its Ivy League campus over 17 acres in Manhattan's West Harlem neighborhood.

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