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• LA names new school for teacher honored in film (AP)
• Ousted principals quickly find new education jobs (AP)
• Iowa school shooting drill canceled after threat (AP)
• Police question teen about Indiana school shooting (AP)

LA names new school for teacher honored in film (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2011 02:33 PM PDT AP - A Los Angeles-area school has been named for late calculus teacher Jaime Escalante, whose story about pushing underachieving students to succeed was chronicled in the 1988 hit movie "Stand and Deliver."

Ousted principals quickly find new education jobs (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2011 11:23 AM PDT AP - After Red Lake High School was labeled one of Minnesota's worst schools, its board moved quickly to dismiss the principal. It didn't take long for Ev Arnold to land on his feet, though: The same district now pays him the identical salary to oversee the school's turnaround.

Iowa school shooting drill canceled after threat (AP) Posted: 25 Mar 2011 06:03 PM PDT AP - An Iowa training drill involving a mock school shooting by a teen venting anger over illegal immigration was canceled Friday after authorities said a real shooting was threatened at the high school where the drill was to take place.

Police question teen about Indiana school shooting (AP) Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:50 PM PDT AP - Dustin Tatum was leaving his middle school cafeteria Friday when he heard a loud bang, then chaos ensued as a teacher rushed him and several fellow students into a classroom, locked the door, turned off the lights and ordered everyone to hit the floor.

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