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• Teachers strike across Spain, protesting cuts
• Ill. lawmakers vote to abolish tuition waiver perk
• National conference in Ohio focuses on teachers
• The Catholic contraception-mandate mega-lawsuit: A guide
• Spain teachers, students strike over spending cuts
• Spanish teachers strike at all education levels

Teachers strike across Spain, protesting cuts Posted: 22 May 2012 11:33 AM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish teachers went on strike on Tuesday to protest against cuts in education spending that unions say will put 100,000 substitute teachers out of work but that the government says are needed to tackle the euro zone debt crisis. The central government has ordered Spain's 17 autonomous regions to cut 3 billion euros ($4 billion) from education spending this year, as part of a tough program to trim the public deficit to an EU-agreed level of 5.3 percent of gross domestic product. ...

Ill. lawmakers vote to abolish tuition waiver perk Posted: 22 May 2012 09:32 AM PDT After years of bad publicity over cronyism and clout, the Illinois Legislature has voted to end a longstanding program that allowed each lawmaker to hand out taxpayer-funded college tuition waivers to students.

National conference in Ohio focuses on teachers Posted: 22 May 2012 07:33 AM PDT Educators including the U.S. secretary of education, teacher union leaders and school administrators will focus this week on ways to transform the teaching profession with such targets as better recruiting, preparation and career development, and evaluations based on effectiveness.

The Catholic contraception-mandate mega-lawsuit: A guide Posted: 22 May 2012 07:15 AM PDT Notre Dame and 42 other Catholic institutions sue the Obama administration, arguing that they're being forced to facilitate behavior they find "intrinsically immoral"

Spain teachers, students strike over spending cuts Posted: 22 May 2012 05:40 AM PDT Teachers and students from every level of Spain's education system went on strike Tuesday to protest wide-ranging government spending cuts, erecting makeshift tombs at university campuses to symbolize what they claim will be the death of the country's schooling system.

Spanish teachers strike at all education levels Posted: 22 May 2012 01:19 AM PDT Teachers at all levels of Spain's education system are on strike to protest billions in spending cuts enacted as part of an austerity drive.

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