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• Pa. teens can't be suspended for MySpace parodies (AP)
• Pa. judge: No expulsion for kindergarten touching (AP)
• Mom in Conn. school case faces new drug charges (AP)
• Did your state lawmakers go to college? (The Lookout)
• FIRST LOOK: GE chief says American workers need more skills (The Lookout)

Pa. teens can't be suspended for MySpace parodies (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:15 PM PDT AP - A federal appeals court says two Pennsylvania teens can't be disciplined at school for MySpace parodies of their principals created off-campus.

Pa. judge: No expulsion for kindergarten touching (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:12 PM PDT AP - A judge has overturned a kindergartner's expulsion from a Philadelphia charter school for touching his teacher's thighs after she complained that her legs hurt.

Mom in Conn. school case faces new drug charges (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 01:03 PM PDT AP - A homeless single mother accused of illegally enrolling her son in the wrong school district was behind bars Monday, charged with selling crack cocaine and marijuana to undercover officers near another school in that city.

Did your state lawmakers go to college? (The Lookout) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 09:14 AM PDT The Lookout - The Chronicle of Higher Education crunched the numbers to find that about 25 percent of the 7,000-plus state lawmakers in America do not have a college degree. The map that the magazine created, above, using data from Project Vote Smart shows that California, Virginia, Nebraska, New York, and Texas lead the union with the most- educated [...]

FIRST LOOK: GE chief says American workers need more skills (The Lookout) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:20 AM PDT The Lookout - Welcome to First Look, our daily roundup of early-bird news: • Forty years after they first leaked, the U.S. government is releasing the Pentagon Papers. (AP) • U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says he'll change No Child Left Behind on his own if lawmakers don't--by waiving certain states from the law's requirements. (WSJ) • The chief of GE [...]

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