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• N. California school vandalism called hate crimes (AP)
• Illegal immigrants hold DC 'teach-in' to push bill (AP)
• Helena school board gets earful on sex ed proposal (AP)
• Conn. judge tosses charges in Haiti sex-abuse case (AP)
• Use an Aid Calculator to Get the Real Cost of College (U.S. News & World Report)
• Detroit teachers to principals: We don’t need you (The Upshot)

N. California school vandalism called hate crimes (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 04:24 PM PDT AP - Authorities say they are investigating hate crimes committed during two break-ins at a Marin County high school in which vandals spray-painted the student center with obscenities and offensive symbols.

Illegal immigrants hold DC 'teach-in' to push bill (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - They can't get citizenship or in-state tuition rates, so they're taking the next steps — the Capitol and White House steps, that is.

Helena school board gets earful on sex ed proposal (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 03:40 PM PDT AP - A proposed sex education program that teaches fifth-graders the different ways people have intercourse and first-graders about gay love has infuriated parents and forced the school board to take a closer look at the issue.

Conn. judge tosses charges in Haiti sex-abuse case (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 03:07 PM PDT AP - A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed charges against a man accused of sexually abusing boys at a school in Haiti, saying he can't be prosecuted in Connecticut but leaving the door open for prosecutors to refile the charges elsewhere.

Use an Aid Calculator to Get the Real Cost of College (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 11:54 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - It's a sad reality that most families with teenagers believe that a school's price tag is priced just like a box of Corn Flakes.

Detroit teachers to principals: We don’t need you (The Upshot) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 12:00 PM PDT The Upshot - What if teachers started running the schools where they taught? That's what a group of educators at Barbara Jordan Elementary are going to find out next year, when they open their Detroit charter school without a principal in charge. The …

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