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• Kansas sued again over school funding (Reuters)
• Future teachers must show, not just tell, skills (AP)
• Online Universities: Government Cracks Down on For-Profit Schools (U.S. News & World Report)

Kansas sued again over school funding (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:11 PM PDT Reuters - A group of Kansas public school districts filed a lawsuit on Tuesday claiming the state has again unconstitutionally short-changed students.

Future teachers must show, not just tell, skills (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 01:15 PM PDT AP - Standing at the edge of a pond surrounded by her class of fourth-graders, Jasmine Zeppa filled a bucket with brown water and lectured her pupils on the science of observing and recording data. Many of the children seemed more interested in nearby geese, a passing jogger and the crunchy leaves underfoot.

Online Universities: Government Cracks Down on For-Profit Schools (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 08:16 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - Starting next year, for-profit schools, including some of the nation's biggest online colleges--like the University of Phoenix, Kaplan University, and Strayer University--will have to provide graduation rate and job placement figures to new students and applicants, the Department of Education has ordered. That's a sample of more than a dozen reforms the government will impose on for-profit schools beginning July 1, 2011. Students will now be able to make more informed decisions, the Department says. ...

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