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• Israel rejects settlement university in West Bank
• Zimbabwe bid to take over schools illegal: minister
• Delaware Law to Give Students Increased Online Privacy
• Biden Says Teachers 'Under Full Blown Assault' from Romney

Israel rejects settlement university in West Bank Posted: 04 Jul 2012 11:51 AM PDT Israel's council of higher education voted Wednesday not to grant a West Bank college coveted university status, vetoing a move that could have triggered international condemnations and enraged the Palestinians.

Zimbabwe bid to take over schools illegal: minister Posted: 04 Jul 2012 02:45 AM PDT HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's bid to force private schools to come under majority black control under a much contested empowerment law is illegal, the country's education minister said on Wednesday, highlighting divisions within the coalition government over the policy. A government notice issued last week by empowerment minister Saviour Kasukuwere gave foreign-owned banks and private schools a year to comply with a law requiring 51 percent shareholding by local blacks. ...

Delaware Law to Give Students Increased Online Privacy Posted: 03 Jul 2012 01:18 PM PDT Delaware has become the first state to passed a law banning public and private schools from requiring students to give administration access to social media accounts.

Biden Says Teachers 'Under Full Blown Assault' from Romney Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:14 AM PDT WASHINGTON — Seeking to mobilize support for the November election, Vice President Joe Biden today warned the nation's public school teachers that they are "under full blown assault" from Mitt Romney and the Republican Party. "Gov. Romney and his allies in the Congress, their plan...

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