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• 6-year-old killed in W. Kentucky school bus crash (AP)
• Court nixes case over anonymity at Hawaiian school (AP)
• 6 Reasons Why Tablets Are Ready for the Classroom (Mashable)
• Ohio mom: Girl who reported bus-trip sex punished (AP)
• Fla. woman pleads guilty in school lockdown case (AP)
• How to Retire on Social Security Alone (U.S. News & World Report)
• Sallie Mae cuts interest rates on student loans (AP)
• Obama tell Memphis students their success inspires (AP)

6-year-old killed in W. Kentucky school bus crash (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 03:52 PM PDT AP - A school bus swerved off the road and rolled over several times, killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring several others on board Monday, authorities said.

Court nixes case over anonymity at Hawaiian school (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 01:44 PM PDT AP - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a dispute over whether to identify students challenging a private school system's admissions policy that gives preference to those of Hawaiian ancestry.

6 Reasons Why Tablets Are Ready for the Classroom (Mashable) Posted: 16 May 2011 11:27 AM PDT Mashable - Vineet Madan is Vice President of McGraw-Hill Higher Education eLabs, which works with colleges and universities, professors and students along with technology partners to develop innovative, cutting-edge digital educational tools to improve the way instructors teach and students learn. Since the debut of the iPad, tablets have captured the imagination of consumers. In just one year, the iPad surpassed even the most optimistic of projections to define a brand new product category and become the best-selling gadget of all time, and Forrester analysts project that in 2011, tablet sales will more than double.

Ohio mom: Girl who reported bus-trip sex punished (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 11:10 AM PDT AP - A woman said Monday that an Ohio charter school is punishing her daughter for not immediately reporting that she saw two classmates having sex on a school bus and for changing her seat during the bus trip.

Fla. woman pleads guilty in school lockdown case (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 09:35 AM PDT AP - A Florida woman pleaded guilty Monday to making threats about guns to a conservative radio talk show host, triggering an hours-long lockdown affecting more than a quarter-million students in the nation's sixth-largest school system.

How to Retire on Social Security Alone (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 16 May 2011 08:29 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - Dan Curtis expects Social Security to be his largest source of retirement income. The 52-year-old patient advocate for a health insurance company has a few thousand dollars in a 401(k), but finds it difficult to save on a salary of $38,000 a year, before taxes, in Minneapolis. He is also paying off $20,000 in student loan debt and providing child support payments for his two children. "My retirement future feels pretty uncertain," he says. "If I could make another $10,000 or $12,000 a year, I could probably put some money away."

Sallie Mae cuts interest rates on student loans (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 07:24 AM PDT AP - NEW YORK — Sallie Mae is lowering the interest rates it charges on its student loans. But the price cut likely won't attract a surge of new borrowers.

Obama tell Memphis students their success inspires (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 02:03 PM PDT AP - Offering a lift to a flood beleaguered city, President Barack Obama hailed the transformation of a once struggling but venerable Memphis high school Monday, telling its graduates, "You inspire me, that's why I'm here."

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