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• LA chief apologizes for dragnet in shooting hoax (AP)
• Board member won't resign after pregnancy remark (AP)
• Drive for education reform has teachers unions on the defensive (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Make-up days planned after storms disrupt school (AP)
• Bristol Palin won't appear on Mo. abstinence panel (AP)
• College tuition: Six in 10 freshmen say economy affected choice of school (The Christian Science Monitor)

LA chief apologizes for dragnet in shooting hoax (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:55 PM PST AP - A school police officer who triggered a massive manhunt by saying he had been shot in his bulletproof vest was regarded as a pariah Friday by authorities who deemed the shooting a hoax.

Board member won't resign after pregnancy remark (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2011 03:00 PM PST AP - A member of the Oklahoma state education board said Friday he would not resign amid criticism he was insensitive to a pregnant woman the panel hired to represent the state's 660,000 public school children at the Capitol.

Drive for education reform has teachers unions on the defensive (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Jan 2011 09:11 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Are teachers unions the reason America's schools are failing?

Make-up days planned after storms disrupt school (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2011 08:33 AM PST AP - After a spate of snowstorms pounded the South and East, school officials are trying to cram in more classroom time to make up for all those snow days, while educators and parents worry that students could fall behind in preparing for mandatory state tests.

Bristol Palin won't appear on Mo. abstinence panel (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2011 12:15 AM PST AP - Washington University in St. Louis says Bristol Palin won't be speaking there next month after all.

College tuition: Six in 10 freshmen say economy affected choice of school (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 01:26 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Getting into your dream college is one thing â€" paying for it is another. The economic downturn affected the choice of where to attend college for 6 out of 10 current freshmen at four-year schools, a new survey finds.

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