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• University of Washington to hike tuition following steep budget cuts (The Lookout)
• Mexican-American studies program nixed by Ariz. education chief (The Lookout)
• The No Child Left Behind Showdown (Time.com)
• Arizona schools chief says Tucson program violates law (Reuters)

University of Washington to hike tuition following steep budget cuts (The Lookout) Posted: 16 Jun 2011 01:40 PM PDT The Lookout - Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire approved huge budget cuts today that will hike tuition at the state's premier public university by 16 percent, the Associated Press reports. Tuition at the University of Washington will cost twice as much when Gregoire leaves office than it did in 2005. A report on Stateline.org explains that higher education budgest [...]

Mexican-American studies program nixed by Ariz. education chief (The Lookout) Posted: 16 Jun 2011 09:45 AM PDT The Lookout - Arizona's top education official told Tucson educators they must stop teaching or significantly alter a Mexican-American studies program that is ostensibly in violation of a state law, or else lose millions of dollars in funding from the state. There's just one problem--Arizona's own investigation of the program found that there's nothing illegal about it. Education Superintendent John [...]

The No Child Left Behind Showdown (Time.com) Posted: 16 Jun 2011 01:00 AM PDT Time.com - Education Secretary Arne Duncan has issued an ultimatum: if Congress doesn't overhaul the 10-year-old education plan that affects millions of American kids, he's going to do it himself

Arizona schools chief says Tucson program violates law (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 05:37 PM PDT Reuters - Arizona's superintendent of schools said on Wednesday a controversial ethnic studies program in Tucson public schools violates new state law and he threatened to cut off $15 million in funds for the district.

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