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• Pa. looking into possible cheating on state tests (AP)
• Cal State University approves 12 pct tuition hike (AP)
• Official resigns amid Atlanta schools scandal (AP)
• Manufacturers struggling to find skilled workers (Reuters)
• Officials replaced amid Atlanta cheating scandal (AP)

Pa. looking into possible cheating on state tests (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:48 PM PDT AP - The Pennsylvania Department of Education is looking into a report that has surfaced highlighting possible cheating on state standardized tests in at least 35 districts and noting aberrant scores in dozens of others, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Cal State University approves 12 pct tuition hike (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:37 PM PDT AP - California State University on Tuesday approved another 12 percent increase in student tuition this fall to offset a deeper-than-expected cut in state funding.

Official resigns amid Atlanta schools scandal (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 01:53 PM PDT AP - A spokesman for Atlanta schools says one of the district's top administrators implicated by state investigators in a test cheating scandal has resigned.

Manufacturers struggling to find skilled workers (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 01:37 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. manufacturers cannot find skilled workers despite high unemployment, which means there is a need to align the nation's higher education system with the requirements of industry, lawmakers were told on Tuesday.

Officials replaced amid Atlanta cheating scandal (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:55 AM PDT AP - The fallout from the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal continued to spread as four area superintendents were replaced and a school district in Texas put the superintendent it recently hired from Georgia on paid leave.

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