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• Feds: All kids, legal or not, entitled to K-12 ed (AP)
• FBI: DC suspicious letters part of broader probe (AP)
• Teachers union-reformer pact breaks down over ‘atomic bomb’ amendment (The Lookout)
• Suspicious envelopes found at 2 more DC schools (AP)
• More Mass. teens plead in bully-suicide case (AP)

Feds: All kids, legal or not, entitled to K-12 ed (AP) Posted: 06 May 2011 04:38 PM PDT AP - The U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to districts around the country Friday, reminding them that all students — legal or not — are entitled to a public education.

FBI: DC suspicious letters part of broader probe (AP) Posted: 06 May 2011 03:47 PM PDT AP - More than three dozen suspicious but apparently harmless letters addressed to District of Columbia schools appear to have been mailed from the Dallas area and closely resemble letters under investigation by authorities there, the FBI said Friday.

Teachers union-reformer pact breaks down over ‘atomic bomb’ amendment (The Lookout) Posted: 06 May 2011 12:43 PM PDT The Lookout - The alliance brewing in Illinois between the teachers union and education reformers  to move through an ambitious school-reform bill appears to have broken down. The point of contention is what the union's attorney calls a "two-sentence atomic bomb" attached to the legislation at the last minute. The Chicago Teachers Union supported the sweeping education reform [...]

Suspicious envelopes found at 2 more DC schools (AP) Posted: 06 May 2011 05:55 AM PDT AP - Authorities say suspicious envelopes have been found at two more District of Columbia schools a day after nearly 30 other schools received letters containing a white, powdery substance.

More Mass. teens plead in bully-suicide case (AP) Posted: 05 May 2011 06:05 PM PDT AP - Three teenagers admitted Thursday that they participated in the bullying of a 15-year-old girl who later committed suicide, with one of their lawyers complaining that they had been unfairly demonized as "mean girls."

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