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• Police: 2 Mich. kids used toy gun to steal snacks (AP)
• Group of Texas schools sue state to get more funds (Reuters)
• Republican Presidential Candidates on Education Reform (ContributorNetwork)

Police: 2 Mich. kids used toy gun to steal snacks (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2011 03:24 PM PST AP - Police say two Detroit-area youngsters used a toy gun to rob five of their schoolmates of candy and chips.

Group of Texas schools sue state to get more funds (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2011 03:17 PM PST Reuters - Six so-called property wealthy school districts in Texas on Friday sued the state to get more funding, arguing that the state had failed to adequately finance them, the schools' attorney said on Friday.

Republican Presidential Candidates on Education Reform (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 09 Dec 2011 01:41 PM PST ContributorNetwork - According to a recent Gallup poll, 66 percent of Americans have "some" or "very little" confidence in the U.S. public school system. As the Gallup report suggests, skepticism about schooling began in the early 1990s and is now approaching a record-low as budget challenges have resulted in education cutbacks.

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