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Mexico religious cult refuses to allow teachers in
Sides dig in as Chicago teachers strike looms
POLITICS INTERFERING WITH D.C. HATE CRIMES LAW
Head of Chicago teachers union: Contract far off
China and India Are Catching Up to the U.S. in College Graduates
NJ governor signs university merger bill
Balance 529 Savings Plan Distributions With Other College Funding
Judge: Texas school efficiency suit can go forward
Almost 1 in 5 teens smokes or uses drugs at school, US students report
Romney in Iowa as Obama greets Las Vegas teachers
Paper airline tickets, bound encyclopedias passe for new U.S. college students
Obama Criticizes Romney Over College Assistance
Texas Teacher Brittni Colleps Gets 5 Years in Prison in Group Sex Scandal

Mexico religious cult refuses to allow teachers in

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:32 PM PDT

Adherents of a religious sect in western Mexico are physically blocking school teachers from entering their walled community, setting up one of the most high-profile confrontations between religious and civil authorities in Mexico since the 1930s.

Sides dig in as Chicago teachers strike looms

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:29 PM PDT

Teachers picketed outside a district office Wednesday in the shadow of a giant inflatable rat as school board members inside authorized spending $25 million in the event of the first Chicago teacher strike in a quarter-century.

POLITICS INTERFERING WITH D.C. HATE CRIMES LAW

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:32 PM PDT

Last week, a man with a master's degree from George Mason University, a gun and 50 rounds of ammo walked into the Family Research Council. When a building manager named Leo Johnson blocked his entry, he shot Leo in the arm.Leo Johnson wrestled the shooter to the ground, saving untold lives. The shooter then begged for mercy from the unarmed man, saying something like, "Don't shoot me. It was not about you. It was what this place stands for."In the shooter's backpack were 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches, which he apparently planned to drop on the bodies of the many people he wanted to kill. ...

Head of Chicago teachers union: Contract far off

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:10 PM PDT

The president of the Chicago public school teachers union says negotiations with the school district aren't close to being resolved and a new contract is a ways off.

China and India Are Catching Up to the U.S. in College Graduates

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:57 PM PDT

If investment in education is correlated with business competition, then the U.S. better watch out: India and China are on our tails as far college graduates go, according to this chart by research institute Center for American Progress.

NJ governor signs university merger bill

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:04 PM PDT

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a major higher education reorganization bill on Wednesday, a hard-won political and policy victory that eluded two prior governors and is designed to create regional centers of academic excellence in South, Central and North Jersey.

Balance 529 Savings Plan Distributions With Other College Funding

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 10:21 AM PDT

It's tempting for parents to withdraw funds they've saved in a 529 plan, a higher education savings account with tax benefits, if their son's or daughter's freshman-year education costs are entirely paid for by scholarships, grants, and tax credits. But Ryan Law CFP®, director of the University of Missouri's Office for Financial Success, says it's not always a good idea.

Judge: Texas school efficiency suit can go forward

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 09:16 AM PDT

A complaint by charter school backers affiliated with a powerful business group will be allowed to join five other lawsuits challenging the way Texas funds its public schools, a state district judge ruled Tuesday.

Almost 1 in 5 teens smokes or uses drugs at school, US students report

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:46 AM PDT

Eighty-six percent of American high school students report that some of their classmates use alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs during the school day.

Romney in Iowa as Obama greets Las Vegas teachers

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 11:41 PM PDT

President Barack Obama is meeting with teachers at a Las Vegas high school as he promotes his administration's efforts to make higher education more affordable, an issue that's also a platform for criticizing Republican opponent Mitt Romney.

Paper airline tickets, bound encyclopedias passe for new U.S. college students

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:46 PM PDT

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Incoming U.S. college students have never seen a paper airline ticket, like to watch television on almost anything but a television and consider exposed bra straps a fashion statement, not a wardrobe malfunction, according to an annual list released on Tuesday. ...

Obama Criticizes Romney Over College Assistance

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:25 PM PDT

Obama says Romney offers little to young people facing high costs of higher education

Texas Teacher Brittni Colleps Gets 5 Years in Prison in Group Sex Scandal

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 10:21 AM PDT

Husband Stands By Teacher Convicted of Sex With Four High School Students