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• 1 hurt in UC Berkeley shooting; suspect in custody (AP)
• NY state school cuts hit poor pupils most: report (Reuters)
• Ex-porn star's school appearance prompts review (AP)
• Ind. couple: School didn't shield son from bullies (AP)
• 11 states seek relief from No Child Left Behind (AP)
• Duncan accepts Chicago union president's apology (AP)
• Congress pushes back on healthier school lunches (AP)

1 hurt in UC Berkeley shooting; suspect in custody (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2011 04:10 PM PST AP - A man with a gun was shot by police Tuesday inside a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley, the school said.

NY state school cuts hit poor pupils most: report (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2011 03:11 PM PST Reuters - New York state's budget cuts are taking a financial toll on poor schools that is more than three times the hit felt by the wealthiest districts, a non-profit education group said in report on Tuesday.

Ex-porn star's school appearance prompts review (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2011 01:03 PM PST AP - Officials of a California school system plan to meet with the agent who schedules celebrity guests to read to children after some parents complained that having a former adult film star as a participant was inappropriate.

Ind. couple: School didn't shield son from bullies (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2011 12:53 PM PST AP - A couple is suing their northwest Indiana school district, claiming school officials failed to protect their son from prolonged bullying over his Middle Eastern background that culminated in an attack this month that left him with a brain injury.

11 states seek relief from No Child Left Behind (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2011 09:36 AM PST AP - The Education Department says Tuesday that 11 states have sought a waiver around unpopular proficiency requirements in the No Child Left Behind education law.

Duncan accepts Chicago union president's apology (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2011 08:27 AM PST AP - Education Secretary Arne Duncan has accepted an apology from the president of the Chicago Teachers Union for a joke she made about him having a lisp.

Congress pushes back on healthier school lunches (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2011 07:39 AM PST AP - Congress wants to keep pizza and french fries on school lunch lines, fighting back against an Obama administration proposal to make school lunches healthier.

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