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• Brazil approves university affirmative action bill
• Sending your kid back to school? It's going to cost you
• Most STEM Degrees to Latinos Granted by Schools in Six States
• Most STEM Degrees to Latinos Granted From Schools in 6 States
• Missouri School District Will Randomly Drug Test Students—Is Your Kid's School Next?
• Amazon floats textbook rental service for college students

Brazil approves university affirmative action bill Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:10 PM PDT The Brazilian Senate has approved an affirmative action bill that reserves half the spots in federal universities for high school graduates of public schools, and distributes them according to the racial makeup of each state.

Sending your kid back to school? It's going to cost you Posted: 08 Aug 2012 06:32 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brooklyn's Juliette Posner remembers the exact moment she realized just how broke public schools really are. Her daughter Merone graduated last spring from Manhattan's LaGuardia High School, a performing-arts mecca and inspiration for both the film "Fame" and the TV series. But one day she came home with some surprising news. "The teacher ran out of paper," Posner, 35, says. "They didn't have any money for paper. I was like, 'Really?'" Such is the reality of U.S. public schools, which have struggled in recent years as cash-strapped states contend with gutted tax revenues. ...

Most STEM Degrees to Latinos Granted by Schools in Six States Posted: 08 Aug 2012 03:29 AM PDT Of the top higher education institutions that have granted the most STEM degrees to Latino graduates in the 2009-2010 school year, more than half are concentrated in just six states, according to a new report. (RELATED GALLERY: Photos of the top U.S.-based institutions in the report)The report by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization advocating Latino educational success, featured an analysis of institutions awarding certificates or degrees to Latino students in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. ...

Most STEM Degrees to Latinos Granted From Schools in 6 States Posted: 08 Aug 2012 02:32 AM PDT Of the top higher education institutions that have granted the most STEM degrees to Latino graduates in the 2009-2010 school year, more than half are concentrated in just six states, according to a new report. (RELATED GALLERY: Photos of the top U.S.-based institutions in the report)The report by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization advocating Latino educational success, featured an analysis of institutions awarding certificates or degrees to Latino students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. ...

Missouri School District Will Randomly Drug Test Students—Is Your Kid's School Next? Posted: 07 Aug 2012 05:36 PM PDT A northwest Missouri school district has adopted a policy that will allow students involved in an extracurricular activity or student group to be randomly drug tested. This decision affects approximately 560 middle and high school students in the district.

Amazon floats textbook rental service for college students Posted: 07 Aug 2012 09:24 AM PDT Forget film rentals, the next big thing for college students is going to be book rentals, at least if Amazon's US arm has anything to do with it.

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