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• 1-2 years for Pa. school bus driver in fatal crash (AP)
• Hispanic surge drives record U.S. college enrollment (Reuters)
• Number of young Hispanics in college surges (AP)
• Back-to-School Special: Arne Duncan Goes Off Script (Time.com)

1-2 years for Pa. school bus driver in fatal crash (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2011 03:45 PM PDT AP - A suburban Philadelphia man once at the center of a national debate on cellphones and driving will spend one to two years behind bars for his second fatal crash, which occurred as he drove a loaded school bus.

Hispanic surge drives record U.S. college enrollment (Reuters) Posted: 25 Aug 2011 03:28 PM PDT Reuters - The number of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities surged to an all-time high last year because a rise in enrollment by minorities, especially Hispanics, offset a sharp decline among whites, according to a new study.

Number of young Hispanics in college surges (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2011 12:41 PM PDT AP - In just one year the number of Hispanics ages 18 to 24 on America college campuses grew by nearly a quarter, while the number of white students that age declined, highlighting a substantial and increasingly rapid demographic transition in higher education.

Back-to-School Special: Arne Duncan Goes Off Script (Time.com) Posted: 25 Aug 2011 03:25 AM PDT Time.com - The Secretary of Education talks about using waivers to fix No Child Left Behind, pressuring the Iowa governor not to cut his state's pre-kindergarten program, and setting a low bar for the academic side of college athletics

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