Yahoo! News: Education News

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• CA playground shooting suspect pleads not guilty (AP)
• Schools reformers mull meaning of Rhee's departure (AP)
• Obama highlight benefits of college tax credit (AP)
• U.S., China online education firms to merge (Reuters)

CA playground shooting suspect pleads not guilty (AP) Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:31 PM PDT AP - An electronics technician accused of wounding two young girls after opening fire at a Southern California elementary school pleaded not guilty Wednesday to attempted murder and assault.

Schools reformers mull meaning of Rhee's departure (AP) Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:22 PM PDT AP - Michelle Rhee became a public face of education reform during her tenure as head of the District of Columbia's schools, but she found out that reform isn't always popular, especially when it involves school closings and teacher layoffs.

Obama highlight benefits of college tax credit (AP) Posted: 13 Oct 2010 02:42 PM PDT AP - Calling education an "economic imperative," President Barack Obama on Wednesday asked Congress to make permanent a $2,500 college tuition tax credit that is scheduled to expire at the end of the year.

U.S., China online education firms to merge (Reuters) Posted: 13 Oct 2010 02:49 AM PDT Reuters - Online education companies Eleutian Technology and Idapted Ltd said on Wednesday that they will merge, bringing together the U.S. and Chinese companies in the fast-growing $100 billion market for online English instruction.

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