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• Principal shot, killed at Calif. elementary school (AP)
• Maine jury says man who took class hostage sane (AP)
• Study: Students need more paths to career success (AP)
• Pittsburgh area high school evacuated following threat (Reuters)
• Threat closes N. Mich. University, public schools (AP)
• No Junk Food for You! Parents and Principals Not Pleased About Coming School Lunch Guidelines (Time.com)
• Official: LA school cop said shooting was accident (AP)

Principal shot, killed at Calif. elementary school (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:06 PM PST AP - A school janitor who police said might have been laid off was arrested Wednesday in the shooting death of a Northern California elementary school principal who was hailed as a role model for other educators.

Maine jury says man who took class hostage sane (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:41 PM PST AP - A Maine jury says a man convicted of taking a fifth-grade class hostage at gunpoint was sane when he did it.

Study: Students need more paths to career success (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:30 PM PST AP - The current U.S. education system is failing to prepare millions of young adults for successful careers by providing a one-size-fits-all approach, and it should take a cue from its European counterparts by offering greater emphasis on occupational instruction, a Harvard University study published Wednesday concludes.

Pittsburgh area high school evacuated following threat (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:01 PM PST Reuters - A public high school near Pittsburgh was evacuated on Wednesday due to a bomb threat, but no explosives were found, police said.

Threat closes N. Mich. University, public schools (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 08:12 AM PST AP - Authorities have closed Northern Michigan University and the city of Marquette's public schools because of a threat to the university.

No Junk Food for You! Parents and Principals Not Pleased About Coming School Lunch Guidelines (Time.com) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:05 AM PST Time.com - The war on obesity has the USDA proposing sweeping new regulations. One problem: it's not exactly funding all of those changes

Official: LA school cop said shooting was accident (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 06:33 PM PST AP - The school police officer who sparked a massive manhunt after claiming he had been shot by an assailant told detectives that he was responsible for the shooting, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation said Tuesday.

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