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• Inadequate Teaching May Soon Become a Thing of the Past for Many Special Needs Kids
• College students massacred one-by-one in Nigeria
• Students to take part in virtual Supreme Court competition
• Consider Campus Crime When Evaluating Colleges
• Who's the undecided voter? It may be the "Walmart mom"
• Teachers union to count ballots on new contract
• Online schools face backlash as states question results

Inadequate Teaching May Soon Become a Thing of the Past for Many Special Needs Kids Posted: 03 Oct 2012 03:17 PM PDT The Department of Education has just made their largest investment ever in improving education for students with disabilities.

College students massacred one-by-one in Nigeria Posted: 03 Oct 2012 02:31 PM PDT Unidentified gunmen massacred at least two dozen university students in northern Nigeria Monday night in the city of Mubi near the border with Cameroon. The attacks lasted more than an hour, with gunmen targeting specific students by name rather than indiscriminately firing.

Students to take part in virtual Supreme Court competition Posted: 03 Oct 2012 08:55 AM PDT How would high school students do if they argued Supreme Court cases? A new effort will showcase a Virtual Supreme Court competition through next year.

Consider Campus Crime When Evaluating Colleges Posted: 03 Oct 2012 08:21 AM PDT To a high school senior, certain factors may be more important than others when choosing a university. Extended meal plans, Greek life, male-to-female ratio...college crime? Unfortunately, college crime rates are usually overlooked in the selection process, but they're still an important factor when choosing a home for the next four years.

Who's the undecided voter? It may be the "Walmart mom" Posted: 03 Oct 2012 07:11 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Meet the undecided voter. Sometimes seen as the great prize of U.S. electoral politics, this elusive citizen is more likely to be female, white, lacking a college education and earning less than $25,000, according Reuters/Ipsos polling data accumulated over the course of 2012. The "undecideds" make up roughly 6 percent of the electorate, with a slightly higher concentration in an Upper Midwest region including Ohio and Wisconsin, swing states that could determine the outcome of a close election. ...

Teachers union to count ballots on new contract Posted: 03 Oct 2012 05:49 AM PDT Chicago Teachers Union officials are set to start counting the ballots that its members cast on whether they want to accept a proposed contract.

Online schools face backlash as states question results Posted: 03 Oct 2012 04:55 AM PDT (Reuters) - Virtual public schools, which allow students to take all their classes online, have exploded in popularity across the United States, offering what supporters view as innovative and affordable alternatives to the conventional classroom. Now a backlash is building among public officials and educators who question whether the cyber-schools are truly making the grade. ...

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