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• US college students make film about their experience living in Guatemala on $1 a day
• Why Miami-Dade schools won prestigious Broad Prize for urban districts
• Idaho awards school laptop contract to H-P
• Miami school district win prestigious urban prize
• Qatari emir urges Palestinians to reconcile
• Qatari emir pays landmark visit to Gaza
• 'Undroppable' Producers Embark on Tour to Teach Students Politics [VIDEO]
• Online Initiative Launches to Aid Low-Income Students
• Biggest readers in U.S. teens or 30-somethings: survey

US college students make film about their experience living in Guatemala on $1 a day Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:20 PM PDT NEW YORK, N.Y. - For many American travellers, Guatemala is an inexpensive, exotic destination for visiting Mayan ruins or studying Spanish in a language immersion program. But for a couple of U.S. college students, the country was the setting for a social experiment. They spent a summer living there on the same daily budget that sustains over a billion people around the world: $1 a day.

Why Miami-Dade schools won prestigious Broad Prize for urban districts Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:06 PM PDT In Florida's Miami-Dade County Public Schools, schools are slowly but steadily chipping away at the achievement gap, especially for Hispanic and black students.

Idaho awards school laptop contract to H-P Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:49 PM PDT State officials say they have awarded an eight-year, $180 million contract to Hewlett-Packard Co. to supply Idaho high school students and teachers with laptop computers as part of the Students Come First education overhaul.

Miami school district win prestigious urban prize Posted: 23 Oct 2012 10:53 AM PDT One of the country's most prestigious education awards has been awarded to the Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

Qatari emir urges Palestinians to reconcile Posted: 23 Oct 2012 09:44 AM PDT The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome during a landmark visit to Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control of the coastal strip five years ago.

Qatari emir pays landmark visit to Gaza Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:39 AM PDT The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome during a landmark visit to Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control of the coastal strip five years ago.

'Undroppable' Producers Embark on Tour to Teach Students Politics [VIDEO] Posted: 23 Oct 2012 06:11 AM PDT Producers of the social media-driven education web series and documentary Undroppable will embark on a nationwide tour starting Wednesday to help inform U.S. high school students about political topics.

Online Initiative Launches to Aid Low-Income Students Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:00 AM PDT A new initiative in online learning intending to help low-income adults achieve an associate's degree is set to launch in Colorado and then California before expanding to selected cities nationwide.

Biggest readers in U.S. teens or 30-somethings: survey Posted: 22 Oct 2012 09:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most likely book readers in the United States are high-school students, college-age adults and people in their 30s, with e-book use highest among 30-somethings, a survey released on Tuesday showed. Seventy-eight percent of Americans had read at least one book in the previous 12 months, with the rate 83 percent among those aged between 16 and 29, according to the survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project. The survey is part of Pew's effort to assess U.S. ...

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