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• Hawaii teachers union turns down contract offer
• SC panel urges more spending to recruit teachers
• Some Colleges Discount Tuition for Siblings
• Mexican education bill threatens powerful teachers' union

Hawaii teachers union turns down contract offer Posted: 11 Dec 2012 01:11 PM PST Hawaii's teachers union has rejected the state's latest contract offer, citing concerns with pay and teacher evaluation provisions.The two sides have tentatively agreed to resume bargaining talks next ...

SC panel urges more spending to recruit teachers Posted: 11 Dec 2012 07:44 AM PST South Carolina's education oversight panel recommended Monday that legislators spend more on programs designed to draw high school students into teaching and fill slots in the state's neediest schools.The ...

Some Colleges Discount Tuition for Siblings Posted: 11 Dec 2012 07:04 AM PST Paying for one college education can be a financial stretch, requiring significant savings, scholarship searches, and possibly even student loans. For families with more than one child enrolled in college, finding funding can be an even bigger burden.

Mexican education bill threatens powerful teachers' union Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:04 PM PST MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's new president unveiled a planned overhaul of the country's struggling education system on Monday in a challenge to the powerful teachers' union, which has long been seen as an obstacle to progress. Addressing teachers at a ceremony in Mexico City, President Enrique Pena Nieto laid out a proposal that would champion merit-based teacher promotions and chip away at the union's power to hire teachers on its own terms. ...

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