Yahoo! News: Education News

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• Obama to GOP: Don't cut education spending (AP)
• Tardy students get rude awakening with sunrise robo-calls (Reuters)
• Obama wants education spared in budget-cut fight (Reuters)
• Schools to get $9M to support wireless off campus (AP)
• Judge upholds rape charge in Mass. bullying case (AP)

Obama to GOP: Don't cut education spending (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 04:38 PM PST AP - Placing a limit on his own willingness to slice spending, President Barack Obama issued a not-too-veiled warning at Republican budget cutters Tuesday and characterized any reductions in money for education as irresponsible and harmful to the long-term health of the nation's economy.

Tardy students get rude awakening with sunrise robo-calls (Reuters) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 02:33 PM PST Reuters - Chronically tardy and truant high school students in Fall River, Massachusetts may think they're having a nightmare when they are aroused at sunrise on Wednesday by their principal's voice.

Obama wants education spared in budget-cut fight (Reuters) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 02:13 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama insisted on Tuesday that education should be shielded from his budget-cutting battle with congressional Republicans if the United States is to compete in a global economy.

Schools to get $9M to support wireless off campus (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 01:36 PM PST AP - Government officials are handing out $9 million to help schools extend wireless Internet connections beyond the classroom.

Judge upholds rape charge in Mass. bullying case (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 05:20 AM PST AP - A judge has denied a defense motion to dismiss charges against a 19-year-old man accused of raping a Massachusetts girl who prosecutors say was driven to suicide by school bullies.

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