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• Feds eye anti-Semitism claims at Calif university (AP)
• Shooter in 1997 school attack testifies at hearing (AP)
• Graduate School Stafford Loan FAQs (U.S. News & World Report)
• Repay Student Loans Based on Your Income (U.S. News & World Report)
• Home schooling's appeal spreads to mainstream (Reuters)
• FACT CHECK: Are 82 percent of schools 'failing'? (AP)

Feds eye anti-Semitism claims at Calif university (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 05:08 PM PDT AP - The U.S. Department of Education is investigating a faculty member's complaint that a series of pro-Palestinian events at a California university crossed the line into anti-Semitism and created a hostile environment for Jewish students.

Shooter in 1997 school attack testifies at hearing (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PDT AP - A man serving a life prison sentence for killing three classmates in a Kentucky high school shooting that shocked the nation in 1997 testified Wednesday that he was commanded to attack by delusions in the form of voices he called "the danes."

Graduate School Stafford Loan FAQs (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 08:55 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - Graduate students who are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, haven't defaulted on other federal student loans, and attend school at least half time are eligible

Repay Student Loans Based on Your Income (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 08:41 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - The College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA) has been a breakthrough for everyone looking to afford a higher education. There are two distinct components related to loan repayment: The first, discussed below, is Income-Based Repayment (IBR) that allows graduates to pay back their federal loans on a sliding scale based on their income. The second, discussed in last week's blog, is Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), which provides forgiveness on federal educational loans for people who work in the public service sector for 10 years.

Home schooling's appeal spreads to mainstream (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 07:15 AM PDT Reuters - Studying at Harvard, meeting for group French lessons, volunteering at a hospital and spending a day in the wilderness are just a glimpse into a typical day of home schooling, which looks dramatically different today from just a mere decade ago.

FACT CHECK: Are 82 percent of schools 'failing'? (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 12:02 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama declared this week that four of five public schools could be labeled as "failing" this year under the No Child Left Behind Act if Congress does not take action to rewrite the law.

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