Yahoo! News: Education News

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• Md. House OKs illegal immigrant in-state tuition (AP)
• Conn. woman accused in school bus brawl over trash (AP)
• Q&A: Aid Guru Mark Kantrowitz (BusinessWeek)
• The Education of Cathie Black (The Daily Beast)
• NYC school chief quits, a defeat to mayor's vision (AP)

Md. House OKs illegal immigrant in-state tuition (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:57 PM PDT AP - As many southern states pass news laws to crack down on illegal immigrants, the Maryland General Assembly on Friday moved toward allowing them to pay in-state college tuition, if they meet certain conditions.

Conn. woman accused in school bus brawl over trash (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:41 AM PDT AP - Police in Connecticut say a woman annoyed by students throwing trash from a school bus climbed aboard at one of the stops and became involved in a fight that sent one student to the hospital.

Q&A: Aid Guru Mark Kantrowitz (BusinessWeek) Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:08 AM PDT BusinessWeek - When it comes time to finance a college education, students and families often bypass scholarships in favor of student loans. That can be a mistake because unlike loans, scholarships are essentially "free money for your college education," says Mark Kantrowitz, a financial aid expert and author of the new book Secrets to Winning a Scholarship, published in February. The typical student is eligible for anywhere between 50 and 100 scholarships, and every year more than 1.5 million scholarships worth more than $3. ...

The Education of Cathie Black (The Daily Beast) Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:13 AM PDT The Daily Beast - From insensitive remarks to communications issues, the former publishing CEO was a bad fit for New York schools chancellor. Jacob Bernstein on Mayor Bloomberg's stunning decision.

NYC school chief quits, a defeat to mayor's vision (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:17 AM PDT AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Cathie Black was the perfect choice to head the city's 1.1 million-student school system because she was "a superstar manager."

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