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• Facebook founder to host fundraiser for New Jersey Governor Christie
• CPS CEO Warns Coaches in Wake of Basketball Game Shooting Tragedy
• College survey: finance worries up, politics shift
• In These 19 States, Teachers Can Still Spank Kids

Facebook founder to host fundraiser for New Jersey Governor Christie Posted: 24 Jan 2013 02:11 PM PST (Reuters) - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla, will host a fundraiser for New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie at their California home on February 13, the social networking site said on Thursday. Zuckerberg and Christie, a potential presidential contender in 2016, have teamed up before, when the tech guru donated $100 million to the struggling public schools in Newark, New Jersey, in 2010. "Mark and Priscilla ... ...

CPS CEO Warns Coaches in Wake of Basketball Game Shooting Tragedy Posted: 24 Jan 2013 12:17 PM PST According to an article from the Chicago Sun-Times , Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has released a statement about the district stance regarding the fatal shooting that occurred at a high school basketball game just over a week ago. In her statement, Byrd-Bennett warns CPS coaches that their sports programs could be put in jeopardy if they fail to follow sportsmanship rules and appropriate conduct.

College survey: finance worries up, politics shift Posted: 23 Jan 2013 09:03 PM PST Each year since 1966, UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute has conducted a massive survey of incoming freshmen at four-year colleges, asking questions about their motivations, their plans and their political views. Typically, big shifts are only apparent over long time periods. But sometimes economic and political currents can lead new college students to give responses noticeably different from what their predecessors said.

In These 19 States, Teachers Can Still Spank Kids Posted: 23 Jan 2013 05:11 PM PST If John Tate, a North Carolina State Board of Education member, has his way, North Carolina will no longer allow teachers to spank their students.

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