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• Obama and (Jeb) Bush unite for education (AFP)
• With a Bush at his side, Obama promotes education (AP)
• Ohio school sorry for making black student 'slave' (AP)
• Protesters end ledge protest at UC Berkeley (AP)

Obama and (Jeb) Bush unite for education (AFP) Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:53 PM PST AFP - In a case of strange political bedfellows, US President Barack Obama and Jeb Bush, the son and brother of presidents, shared a stage in Florida to push for education reform on Friday.

With a Bush at his side, Obama promotes education (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:33 PM PST AP - Joining forces with the Bush political family, President Barack Obama on Friday tried to lift up his education agenda in politically vital Florida, saying his government is determined to help the nation's worst performing schools rebound. Said Obama: "I am not willing to give up on any school in America."

Ohio school sorry for making black student 'slave' (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2011 06:50 AM PST AP - The mother of a black Ohio fifth grader assigned to play a slave for a social studies lesson says the school should be more sensitive.

Protesters end ledge protest at UC Berkeley (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:49 PM PST AP - An hours-long protest over state education budget cuts that drew riot police to Berkley ended late Thursday when demonstrators occupying part of a building voluntarily withdrew, the university said.

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