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• Interim Chief Begins Cleaning up Atlanta Public Schools (U.S. News & World Report)
• USDA seeks ways to boost farm-to-school programs (AP)
• California Sends Gay History Education Bill to Governor (ContributorNetwork)
• Cal State University approves 12 pct tuition hike (AP)

Interim Chief Begins Cleaning up Atlanta Public Schools (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 10:58 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - Three year-round elementary schools in the Atlanta Public School system opened this morning, including two implicated in one of the largest cheating scandals in K-12 public education.

USDA seeks ways to boost farm-to-school programs (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 12:15 AM PDT AP - The popularity of farm-to-school programs that put locally grown food on cafeteria trays has exploded in recent years — so much so that the federal agency in charge of school lunches is giving them a new stamp of approval.

California Sends Gay History Education Bill to Governor (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 08:25 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to the Huffington Post, California lawmakers have passed SB48, a bill that if the governor signs it, will require public schools to include the contributions of gays and lesbians in social studies curriculum. Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a similar bill in 2006. Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, says that because of the bullying that happens to gay students the addition of this law is important.

Cal State University approves 12 pct tuition hike (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 06:07 PM PDT AP - The California State University system on Tuesday approved another 12 percent increase in student tuition this fall to offset a deeper-than-expected cut in state funding.

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