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• Prosecutor: Ohio shooting suspect is 'not well' (AP)
• Starting with Michigan Primary, GOP Should Focus on Education and Public Schools (ContributorNetwork)
• Santorum Should Be Ashamed for Denigrating Higher Education (ContributorNetwork)
• School shootings and where students got their guns (AP)
• In Michigan, It's the Economy, but It's Also Education (ContributorNetwork)
• Harvard group seeks degrees for expelled gays (AP)
• Actress Meryl Streep donates $10,000 to RI school (AP)
• Texas district embarks on widespread iPad program (AP)
• Are Santorum's comments on higher ed out of step? (AP)

Prosecutor: Ohio shooting suspect is 'not well' (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2012 04:03 PM PST AP - The Ohio teenager accused of killing three students in a shooting rampage in a high school cafeteria chose his victims at random and is "someone who's not well," a prosecutor said Tuesday as the slightly built young man appeared in juvenile court.

Starting with Michigan Primary, GOP Should Focus on Education and Public Schools (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 28 Feb 2012 02:59 PM PST ContributorNetwork - FIRST PERSON | The future of public education lies in the next presidential election and my state, Michigan, has its Republican primary on Tuesday. Whomever Michigan chooses and the United States chooses has the power to reform public education to really help our children, rather than hound public school teachers about their students' test scores.

Santorum Should Be Ashamed for Denigrating Higher Education (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 28 Feb 2012 02:07 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Rick Santorum's observation that President Barack Obama is a "snob" for wanting people to seek education beyond high school has brought into being an eclectic group of people who have taken him to task over the statement.

School shootings and where students got their guns (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2012 01:27 PM PST AP - A list of some school shootings and where authorities believe the students obtained guns:

In Michigan, It's the Economy, but It's Also Education (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 28 Feb 2012 01:27 PM PST ContributorNetwork - FIRST PERSON | KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- It seems that while the GOP frontrunners, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, continue to robo-call and focus on the issues they feel are most important to Michigan (mostly jobs and the economy) they may be neglecting the issue that matters the most to many young voters like myself: education.

Harvard group seeks degrees for expelled gays (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:44 PM PST AP - Students and faculty at Harvard University are calling on the school to award posthumous degrees to seven students expelled nearly a century ago for being gay or perceived as gay, and they're timing a rally for their cause to coincide with a visit by Lady Gaga.

Actress Meryl Streep donates $10,000 to RI school (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2012 09:40 AM PST AP - Meryl Streep has donated $10,000 to a charter school in the struggling Rhode Island city of Central Falls after a plug from fellow actress and hometown favorite Viola Davis.

Texas district embarks on widespread iPad program (AP) Posted: 27 Feb 2012 06:11 PM PST AP - A Texas school district is trying to close its digital divide by distributing thousands of Apple tablet computers in a move that could make it the largest iPads program for students in the nation.

Are Santorum's comments on higher ed out of step? (AP) Posted: 27 Feb 2012 05:23 PM PST AP - When Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum calls President Barack Obama "a snob" for wanting all Americans to attend college, he may be out of step with the public's overall view of higher education.

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