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• Judge denies request to block Ind. voucher program (AP)
• Harvard Values Harvard Diplomas; Interpreting Adam and Eve (The Atlantic Wire)
• ACLU to sue on behalf of breastfeeding teacher (AP)
• Conn. doctor pleads guilty in NYC securities case (AP)
• Duncan’s No Child Left Behind waivers may come with a catch: More reforms (The Lookout)
• College organic, sustainability programs growing (AP)

Judge denies request to block Ind. voucher program (AP) Posted: 15 Aug 2011 05:12 PM PDT AP - A judge has declined to halt Indiana's broad new school voucher program, saying the law is likely to be upheld.

Harvard Values Harvard Diplomas; Interpreting Adam and Eve (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 15 Aug 2011 03:20 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Today in higher education and academia news: a cheating scandal rocks a U.S. submarine, a professor explains why he resigned over a Genesis controversy, two more law schools embrace military recruiters and, yes, it's easier to get into Harvard grad school if your already at Harvard.

ACLU to sue on behalf of breastfeeding teacher (AP) Posted: 15 Aug 2011 02:51 PM PDT AP - The American Civil Liberties Union intends to sue a Denver-area charter school for allegedly getting rid of a teacher who pumped breast milk on the job.

Conn. doctor pleads guilty in NYC securities case (AP) Posted: 15 Aug 2011 12:24 PM PDT AP - An Ivy League-trained doctor turned health care hedge fund manager pleaded guilty Monday to a conspiracy charge for illegally evading $30 million in losses by obtaining inside information from a fellow doctor.

Duncan’s No Child Left Behind waivers may come with a catch: More reforms (The Lookout) Posted: 15 Aug 2011 09:11 AM PDT The Lookout - Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says the federal government's role in education is "to be tight on goals but loose on the means for achieving those goals." That's why Duncan is planning to issue waivers to states that are set to face sanctions under the federal No Child Left Behind law, which labels schools as [...]

College organic, sustainability programs growing (AP) Posted: 15 Aug 2011 12:06 AM PDT AP - Misha Manuchehri slowly picks her way through plots of barley, wheat and peas. Every so often, the graduate student in crop science at Washington State University stoops to pluck an errant weed at a farm just off campus.

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