Yahoo! News: Education News

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• Ind. school shooting suspect to be tried as adult (AP)
• APNewsBreak: Morris Brown, feds prepping debt deal (AP)
• Outrage around homeless mom charged for sending son to better school (The Lookout)
• Group ranks top 120 community colleges, fastest-growing higher ed sector in the U.S. (The Lookout)
• Make the Final College Choice Yourself (U.S. News & World Report)

Ind. school shooting suspect to be tried as adult (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2011 04:05 PM PDT AP - A judge on Monday bound over to adult court a 15-year-old boy accused to trying kill another teen by shooting him at a central Indiana middle school just minutes after posting "today is the day" on his Facebook page.

APNewsBreak: Morris Brown, feds prepping debt deal (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2011 02:30 PM PDT AP - Morris Brown College is expected to settle nearly $10 million in debt for pennies on the dollar in an agreement pending with the U.S. Education Department, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

Outrage around homeless mom charged for sending son to better school (The Lookout) Posted: 25 Apr 2011 02:25 PM PDT The Lookout - Education activists are rallying around a homeless woman who may face jail time for enrolling her son in kindergarten under a friend's address. Supporters say the woman's story is yet another dismaying example of inequality in the U.S. education system. Tanya McDowell, a homeless single mother from Bridgeport, is charged with first-degree larceny and conspiracy to [...]

Group ranks top 120 community colleges, fastest-growing higher ed sector in the U.S. (The Lookout) Posted: 25 Apr 2011 01:18 PM PDT The Lookout - The D.C.-based non-profit the Aspen Institute has ranked the nation's top 120 community colleges. Dr. Jill Biden, a community college professor, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan helped present the winners today. The analysis and resulting list are part of an initiative to improve graduation rates among the six million Americans who enroll in the primarily [...]

Make the Final College Choice Yourself (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 25 Apr 2011 07:48 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - This is the final week of reckoning for high school seniors. After months, if not years, of searching and sorting through college options, it all boils down to this week and--what for many students is the $50,000 question--"Where do I send my enrollment deposit?"

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