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• Student at Calif. school grazed by nearby gunfire (AP)
• Feds offers $500M in state grants for preschool (AP)
• Schools struggle to recover amid years of cuts (AP)
• Graduate School Debt Often Curtails Plans of Nonprofit Work (U.S. News & World Report)
• CEOs Teach in M.B.A. Classrooms (U.S. News & World Report)
• Education grants made available for nine states (Reuters)
• Cash-strapped public schools nickel-and-dime parents (The Lookout)
• FIRST LOOK: More violent storms kill 13 in three states (The Lookout)
• Father says son found gun at Oahu middle school (AP)

Student at Calif. school grazed by nearby gunfire (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:18 PM PDT AP - Authorities say a student has been wounded after gunfire erupted near a high school in San Pedro, Calif.

Feds offers $500M in state grants for preschool (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 12:30 PM PDT AP - A new $500 million federal grant competition announced Wednesday aims to do away with an uncoordinated system of preschool programs that often leave the poorest children without options and allow bad schools to go unchecked.

Schools struggle to recover amid years of cuts (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 12:09 PM PDT AP - The financial crisis hitting many of the nation's public schools is taking a heavy toll in cities such as Stockton, a blue-collar port city that struggles even in good times.

Graduate School Debt Often Curtails Plans of Nonprofit Work (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 25 May 2011 10:59 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - The Project on Student Debt's recently released report, titled "Student Debt and the Class of 2009," estimates that college seniors in 2009 graduated with an average of $24,000 in student loan debt. For those continuing on to obtain advanced and professional degrees, the situation is even more dire. For example, the American Bar Association's Legal Education Statistics for the academic year 2008-2009 indicate that the average amount borrowed by law school graduates attending public school is $66,045 and by private law school graduates is $100,002.

CEOs Teach in M.B.A. Classrooms (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 25 May 2011 10:53 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - Most CEOs spend the latter years of their professional lives giving presentations in high-pressure board rooms for select groups of middle-aged power brokers, not in lecture halls filled with green but eager M.B.A. students. However, a few opt to trade in their corner office for office hours and venture into the world of higher education. CEOs who once sat at the helm of firms ranging from startup tech companies to corporate entertainment juggernauts now lend their expertise and impart wisdom gained through experience to a new generation of prospective business leaders.

Education grants made available for nine states (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 10:06 AM PDT Reuters - Nine states will be eligible to compete for education grants of up to $50 million through President Barack Obama's "Race to the Top" program, the federal government said on Wednesday.

Cash-strapped public schools nickel-and-dime parents (The Lookout) Posted: 25 May 2011 07:01 AM PDT The Lookout - Whatever problems may now dog our public education system, at least every child can get a free education, right? Well, not exactly. Crafty K-12 administrators who are battling budget cuts have found creative ways to bring in extra revenue through fees for anything from enrolling in honor courses to mandatory "registration" or "instruction" fees, The Wall Street [...]

FIRST LOOK: More violent storms kill 13 in three states (The Lookout) Posted: 25 May 2011 05:28 AM PDT The Lookout - Welcome to First Look, our daily roundup of early-bird news: • The nation's top colleges are not doing a good job of ensuring that their student bodies economically diverse. (New York Times) • Cash-strapped public schools are increasingly charging parents and kids fees for basic services, such as enrolling in honors courses. (WSJ) • A new poll shows [...]

Father says son found gun at Oahu middle school (AP) Posted: 24 May 2011 11:55 PM PDT AP - A Glock pistol fired at a Hawaii grade school was found by an eighth-grade boy in a secluded area of campus before it went off, causing another student to suffer minor hand injuries, the boy's father said Tuesday.

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