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• Six percent of D.C. public school employees get separation notes (Reuters)
• Schooled in austerity, students reluctantly borrow (Reuters)
• The Advocacy Groups Under Fire for Supporting AT&T (The Atlantic Wire)
• California schools to include gay historical figures (AFP)
• Univ. of Calif. raises tuition nearly 10 percent (AP)

Six percent of D.C. public school employees get separation notes (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2011 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - The District of Columbia Public Schools has notified 413 employees of their separation as the result of IMPACT evaluations, the DCPS said on Friday.

Schooled in austerity, students reluctantly borrow (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2011 11:16 AM PDT Reuters - When Emi Young decided to attend Pomona College in California a few years ago, she broke with a tradition as closely associated with U.S. universities as fraternity parties and cramming for final exams.

The Advocacy Groups Under Fire for Supporting AT&T (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 15 Jul 2011 08:21 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - The NAACP is the latest advocacy group to be getting heat for its support of the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger. Since the announcement that the two companies would unite, odd alliances have formed between the telecommunications giant-to-be and various advocacy groups, including the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the National Education Association (NEA), to name just a few. Each has issued public statements declaring their support for the merger.

California schools to include gay historical figures (AFP) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 10:21 PM PDT AFP - The gay, lesbian and transgender community's contributions to US history will be integrated into future California public school curriculum, in line with a law signed Thursday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown.

Univ. of Calif. raises tuition nearly 10 percent (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 06:02 PM PDT AP - The University of California, one of the country's largest and most respected higher education systems, raised tuition Thursday by another 9.6 percent for the upcoming school year in response to a sharp reduction in government support.

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