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• Small Ky community mourns fatal school bus crash (AP)
• Hundreds protest Ga. charter school ruling (AP)
• Warrant issued for man in Houston school shooting (AP)
• 7 Tips for Repaying Your Student Loans (U.S. News & World Report)
• 10 Most Popular Medical Schools (U.S. News & World Report)
• Alternative Career Options for Burned-Out Lawyers (U.S. News & World Report)
• Court nixes case over anonymity at Hawaiian school (AP)
• 6 Reasons Tablets Are Ready for the Classroom (Mashable)

Small Ky community mourns fatal school bus crash (AP) Posted: 17 May 2011 03:55 PM PDT AP - A small western Kentucky community struggled Tuesday to deal with a school bus crash that killed a 6-year-old boy and injured many others, with officials praising the first and second graders aboard for their discipline in the face of trauma.

Hundreds protest Ga. charter school ruling (AP) Posted: 17 May 2011 02:34 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of Georgia charter school parents, students and school administrators are protesting a ruling by the state's highest court that overturned a law allowing the creation of state-approved charters.

Warrant issued for man in Houston school shooting (AP) Posted: 17 May 2011 01:22 PM PDT AP - A warrant has been issued for a man accused of allowing a 6-year-old boy access to a gun that the child accidentally fired inside an elementary school cafeteria in Houston.

7 Tips for Repaying Your Student Loans (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 17 May 2011 07:43 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - Many college seniors, who are on the verge of graduating, probably thought this day would never arrive.

10 Most Popular Medical Schools (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 17 May 2011 07:26 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - The University of Kansas Medical Center is the nation's most popular medical school, according to an analysis of yield data by U.S. News.

Alternative Career Options for Burned-Out Lawyers (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 17 May 2011 07:18 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - Tonya Fitzpatrick had an impressive law career, by anyone's standards. She'd served as Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Education. She'd worked as a legal advisor to the Department of Homeland Security. And she had not only a law degree, but a master's from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Court nixes case over anonymity at Hawaiian school (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 07:35 PM PDT AP - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a dispute over whether to identify students challenging a private school system's admissions policy that gives preference to those of Hawaiian ancestry.

6 Reasons Tablets Are Ready for the Classroom (Mashable) Posted: 16 May 2011 11:27 AM PDT Mashable - Vineet Madan is Vice President of McGraw-Hill Higher Education eLabs, which works with colleges and universities, professors and students along with technology partners to develop innovative, cutting-edge digital educational tools to improve the way instructors teach and students learn. Since the debut of the iPad, tablets have captured the imagination of consumers. In just one year, the iPad surpassed even the most optimistic of projections to define a brand new product category and become the best-selling gadget of all time, and Forrester analysts project that in 2011, tablet sales will more than double.

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