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• Under agreement, LA district to focus on equity (AP)
• Texas schools sue state, saying funding is unfair (AP)
• Senators seek to alter No Child Left Behind law (AP)
• Group wants school fined after musk oxen deaths (AP)
• Sarah Lawrence College ranked as priciest in U.S. (Reuters)
• FACT CHECK: Jobs plan makes many assumptions (AP)

Under agreement, LA district to focus on equity (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:16 PM PDT AP - The Los Angeles Unified School District will improve instruction to the district's 220,000 English learners and ensure there are equitable resources in schools with largely black populations under an agreement announced Tuesday with the Education Department.

Texas schools sue state, saying funding is unfair (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 01:30 PM PDT AP - A coalition of more than 150 Texas school districts said Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against the state over a school funding system it says is unfair, inefficient and unconstitutional.

Senators seek to alter No Child Left Behind law (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:37 PM PDT AP - An outline of a plan by two senators to rework the education law known as No Child Left Behind would put more control over schools in the hands of states.

Group wants school fined after musk oxen deaths (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 11:57 AM PDT AP - An animal rights group wants the University of Alaska Fairbanks investigated and fined following the deaths of at least a dozen musk oxen at the school's large-animal research station.

Sarah Lawrence College ranked as priciest in U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 09:00 AM PDT Reuters - Higher education in the United States is not cheap but Sarah Lawrence College in New York, with total costs of $58,334 a year, is the most expensive college in the country, according to a new ranking.

FACT CHECK: Jobs plan makes many assumptions (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:07 AM PDT AP - It's a startling statistic on the state of American schools: An estimated 280,000 teaching and other education jobs could be lost in the coming year, according to the White House.

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