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• Obama, Jeb Bush to visit Miami high school (AP)
• Trial under way in NJ schoolyard triple slayings (AP)
• Richest NY schools' spending outstrips state median (Reuters)
• Obama to tour Miami school with Jeb Bush on Friday (Reuters)
• Tulane ed institute weighs in on Orleans taxes (AP)
• The Ivy League Earnings Myth (U.S. News & World Report)
• UN: 67 million kids not in school (AP)

Obama, Jeb Bush to visit Miami high school (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:43 PM PST AP - When President Barack Obama and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush stand side by side at a Miami high school on Friday, it will be an opportunity for the Democrat to show a bipartisan approach to education reform while allowing the Republican to push his own nationwide message on the issue.

Trial under way in NJ schoolyard triple slayings (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:23 PM PST AP - A Newark man charged in the schoolyard slayings of three college-bound friends more than three years ago came to the crime scene with a machete that he used to slash some of the victims before they were shot execution-style, a prosecutor told jurors on the opening day of the man's trial Tuesday.

Richest NY schools' spending outstrips state median (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 12:16 PM PST Reuters - New York's wealthiest school districts will spend an average of $30,192 per pupil this school year, almost twice the median amount of $16,065 per pupil for the entire state, a new report said on Tuesday.

Obama to tour Miami school with Jeb Bush on Friday (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:45 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama will tour a Florida school with former Governor Jeb Bush on Friday, the White House said, teaming up with a Republican Party heavyweight to promote bipartisan education reform.

Tulane ed institute weighs in on Orleans taxes (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 09:54 AM PST AP - A Tulane University institute that studies New Orleans schools says property tax exemptions in the city are granted to too broad an array of nonprofit organizations, professional societies, unions and fraternal clubs.

The Ivy League Earnings Myth (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 07:53 AM PST U.S. News & World Report - Do you need to graduate from an Ivy League school or other super elite college to earn the highest salaries?

UN: 67 million kids not in school (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 07:53 AM PST AP - With the 2015 U.N. target for ensuring universal primary education fast approaching, the U.N. education agency warned Tuesday that 67 million children are not attending school, including 28 million caught in armed conflicts.

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