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• Photo before prom leaves Wis. students drenched
• Detroit names CFO to help steer city's turnaround
• Planned Parenthood targeting college students, says pro-life group
• When Teachers Overcompensate for Racial Prejudice
• Egypt's rulers make limited cabinet reshuffle

Photo before prom leaves Wis. students drenched Posted: You could call it a cautionary tale about what can go wrong when high school students exert too much "pier pressure."

Detroit names CFO to help steer city's turnaround Posted: DETROIT (Reuters) - Former Department of Education official Jack Martin will be Detroit's newly appointed chief financial officer, representing one of the first major initiatives taken by the city under its fiscal-oversight pact with the state of Michigan. Martin, who began his career at General Motors and is the former head of Home Federal Savings Bank of Detroit, was appointed by Detroit Mayor Dave Bing. He will be paid $220,000 annually. During a press conference, Martin said his main focus will be on better revenue management. ...

Planned Parenthood targeting college students, says pro-life group Posted: A pro-life student group is alleging that Planned Parenthood for America targets college students for their abortion services.

When Teachers Overcompensate for Racial Prejudice Posted: The performance gap between white and minority students is one of the most persisting problems in American education. Since the 1990s, the performance gap, as reported by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, has more or less stagnated. While a multitude of factors contribute to the disparity -- most glaringly the quality of instruction in poorly funded schools -- there are some underlying psychological factors as well.

Egypt's rulers make limited cabinet reshuffle Posted: CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military rulers will replace four ministers in a limited cabinet reshuffle that will be announced officially on Thursday, the state MENA news agency quoted an unnamed official as saying. The ministers are for higher education, culture, manpower and parliamentary affairs, MENA said. Egyptians begin voting in two weeks' time in their first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February 2011. The polls could bring into government members of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been calling for the replacement of the cabinet.

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