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• California primaries show Democratic divide on education
• Here Comes the Green Party: More Jobs, Pot, No 'Servants to Wall Street'
• Kansas headed for another debate over evolution
• Business tax plan filed in Nevada for education
• Romney's Education Plan Will Save Struggling Schools
• Chicago teachers begin strike authorization vote
• Del. House passes social media privacy bill
• What Romney's Education Plan Means for College Students
• Jon Stewart Takes a Whiff of Wisconsin and It Stinks
• Life with big student debt: tales from four college graduates

California primaries show Democratic divide on education Posted: 06 Jun 2012 04:22 PM PDT (Reuters) - Democratic candidates backed by teachers unions narrowly lost on Tuesday in two California state assembly primary races that highlighted a bitter split in the Democratic Party over education policy. The most contentious race was in Assembly District 46, a heavily Democratic swath of Los Angeles suburbs. Wealthy philanthropists, hedge-fund managers and internet entrepreneurs - bound together by a common goal of overhauling public education - spent an eye-popping $1.4 million to bolster the candidacy of Brian Johnson, a Democrat who until recently ran a network of charter schools. ...

Here Comes the Green Party: More Jobs, Pot, No 'Servants to Wall Street' Posted: 06 Jun 2012 03:08 PM PDT Hey, America: How would you like 25 million jobs, the end of unemployment and guaranteed college education? Those are just some of the promises made by Jill Stein, a 60-something Harvard graduate, doctor, musician and, as of last night, the Green Party's nominee-in-waiting for president....

Kansas headed for another debate over evolution Posted: 06 Jun 2012 02:55 PM PDT Kansas is headed toward another debate over how evolution is taught in its public schools, with a State Board of Education member saying Wednesday that science standards under development are "very problematic" for describing the theory as a well-established, core scientific concept.

Business tax plan filed in Nevada for education Posted: 06 Jun 2012 01:18 PM PDT Businesses that take in more than $1 million annually would be subject to a 2 percent margins tax under an initiative filed Wednesday by a coalition of labor groups seeking to raise money for Nevada's public schools.

Romney's Education Plan Will Save Struggling Schools Posted: 06 Jun 2012 10:59 AM PDT COMMENTARY | Mitt Romney's education plan demonstrates again why he is the best choice to lead America. Romney has become the clear choice for fiscally responsible voters who are also concerned about the crumbling state of the public school system. Romney's plan also addresses the growing cost of a college education, according to an Equal Justice Works article published on US News and World Report.

Chicago teachers begin strike authorization vote Posted: 06 Jun 2012 09:37 AM PDT Seeking more pay and smaller class sizes, members of the Chicago Teachers Union began voting Wednesday on whether to authorize a strike in the event negotiations with the city's school district fall apart.

Del. House passes social media privacy bill Posted: 06 Jun 2012 08:20 AM PDT The Delaware House on Tuesday passed a bill prohibiting public and private schools in Delaware from requiring that students or applicants for enrollment provide their social networking login information.

What Romney's Education Plan Means for College Students Posted: 06 Jun 2012 07:52 AM PDT In addition to providing must-watch late night television, student debt continues to play a role in the presidential election. On May 23, Mitt Romney unveiled his own education plan, "A Chance for Every Child: Mitt Romney's Plan for Restoring the Promise of American Education."

Jon Stewart Takes a Whiff of Wisconsin and It Stinks Posted: 06 Jun 2012 05:52 AM PDT The Daily Show, like the cable news programming it mocks, got local last night and took a close look at the Wisconsin recall election. Reluctantly turning to cable's talking heads to learn "what's at stake," Jon Stewart finds out that had Scott Walker not been reelected he would have suffered one of "the worst indignities for an elected official" and that Wisconsin will be on a verge of becoming as freedomless as China at the hands of teachers' unions. On that first point, we think Eliot Spitzer would beg to differ, but no matter. ...

Life with big student debt: tales from four college graduates Posted: 06 Jun 2012 05:36 AM PDT The cost of a college education in the US has soared in the past decade, rising much faster than inflation. The result: More students everywhere are borrowing – so much so that cumulative student loan debt now tops $1 trillion, more than American consumers owe on credit cards.

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