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• LA judge limits seniority-based teacher layoffs (AP)
• For-profit college group sues over regulations (AP)
• For-profit schools ask court to stop new rules (Reuters)
• BYU Once Again Nation's Most Popular University (U.S. News & World Report)
• California Universities Feel the Squeeze (BusinessWeek)
• Charter schools expand with public, private money (AP)
• Reward offered for arrest of LA gunman (AP)

LA judge limits seniority-based teacher layoffs (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 05:32 PM PST AP - A judge on Friday approved a sweeping overhaul of how teachers are laid off in what education reformers hail as a landmark decision to keep more effective instructors in the classroom, but unions denounce as a step toward dismantling tenure policies.

For-profit college group sues over regulations (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 01:32 PM PST AP - A group representing for-profit colleges and trade schools filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the U.S. Department of Education seeking to block new regulations of the sector.

For-profit schools ask court to stop new rules (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 01:26 PM PST Reuters - A group of for-profit schools sued the U.S. government on Friday, seeking to overturn three rules that are part of a federal crackdown on the sector.

BYU Once Again Nation's Most Popular University (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 09:02 AM PST U.S. News & World Report - For the second year in a row, Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah is the most popular national university in America among applicants, according to an analysis of yield (the percentage of students accepted to a school who opt to attend) by U.S.News & World Report. BYU dropped four spots to 75th in U.S. News's 2011 rankings of national universities, which are research-oriented institutions that offer degrees of all levels. That did not deter admitted students from choosing the school--76.9 percent of accepted students enrolled in fall 2009.

California Universities Feel the Squeeze (BusinessWeek) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 05:08 AM PST BusinessWeek - California's role as the incubator of talent that powers Silicon Valley and Hollywood owes much to a university system that has produced 56 Nobel Prize winners. Now, as Governor Jerry Brown tackles a crippling deficit, his plan to slash higher education spending by 16 percent is raising concerns that the state may be jeopardizing the future of its high-tech and entertainment industries -- and by extension the country's growth.

Charter schools expand with public, private money (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 03:05 AM PST AP - As cash-strapped school districts lay off teachers and close campuses, publicly funded charter schools are flourishing and altering the landscape of public education.

Reward offered for arrest of LA gunman (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 07:11 PM PST AP - A man who shot and wounded a school police officer remained at large Thursday, more than a day after police launched a massive dragnet in a search for the suspect, but the police chief said investigators had made progress, with the recovery of some forensic evidence.

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