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• Wash. students: Pot more popular than cigarettes
• 4 Ways International Students Can Budget For Grad School
• Iowa college students seek support from lawmakers
• Budget writers in Texas Senate beef up spending
• Oklahoma House Approves Bills on Armed Teachers, Nullification of 'Obamacare'
• Detroit-Area Teachers Sue Over Union Contract
• 5 Financial Tips to Set You Apart in College
• House panel introduces school disclosure bill
• Suspected Islamists raid Nigeria school, shoot teachers

Wash. students: Pot more popular than cigarettes Posted: 14 Mar 2013 02:28 PM PDT SEATTLE (AP) — Washington high school students who participated in a statewide survey say they are twice as likely to smoke marijuana as cigarettes, and the state's top health official said Thursday she's worried that a new marijuana law may make prevention efforts more difficult.

4 Ways International Students Can Budget For Grad School Posted: 14 Mar 2013 08:30 AM PDT Master's degree programs offer international students more campus-based work options, grants, and scholarships than undergraduate degrees. No matter how much aid is offered, however, there are extra expenses every student should consider when budgeting.

Iowa college students seek support from lawmakers Posted: 14 Mar 2013 06:48 AM PDT About 20 student leaders at Iowa's state universities lobbied lawmakers Wednesday, imploring them to approve a tuition freeze backed by the Board of Regents.Students from all three universities met with ...

Budget writers in Texas Senate beef up spending Posted: 14 Mar 2013 05:24 AM PDT Public schools and mental health services in Texas would recover more of the funding gutted two years ago with the help of $5.2 billion in general purpose spending added Wednesday to a state budget plan ...

Oklahoma House Approves Bills on Armed Teachers, Nullification of 'Obamacare' Posted: 13 Mar 2013 01:57 PM PDT The current Oklahoma legislative session convened on Feb. 4. Both branches of the legislature have been busily considering proposed changes to Oklahoma law, from Gov. Mary Fallin's request to a reduction in the state income tax rate to bills that were approved today by the House of Representatives.

Detroit-Area Teachers Sue Over Union Contract Posted: 13 Mar 2013 10:50 AM PDT Three teachers in Taylor, Michigan, a Detroit-area suburb, are suing the Taylor School District, the Taylor Federation of Teachers union, and the Board of Education over a recently ratified collective bargaining agreement. The right-wing Mackinac Center for Public Policy Legal Foundation filed on behalf of plaintiffs Angela Steffke, Rebecca Metz, and Nancy Rhatigan over what it calls a violation of Michigan's right-to-work law. That law, signed in December 2012, doesn't take effect until later in March.

5 Financial Tips to Set You Apart in College Posted: 13 Mar 2013 08:11 AM PDT Going to college is one of the first times you're given a taste of true independence and responsibility. But here's a secret your place of higher education won't tell you: Responsibility for your newfound freedom starts well before you move to campus.

House panel introduces school disclosure bill Posted: 13 Mar 2013 05:21 AM PDT For-profit higher education institutions in Idaho that provide courses but cannot issue degrees may be required to disclose more information about job placement rates under a bill making its way through ...

Suspected Islamists raid Nigeria school, shoot teachers Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:43 PM PDT KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist gunmen on motorbikes stormed a primary school in Nigeria's main northern city of Kano on Tuesday and opened fire on teachers, wounding four of them, police said. The attackers made teachers at Dan Maliki Primary School lie on the ground before shots rang out, a witness told Reuters. No one claimed responsibility for the assault, but Islamist militant group Boko Haram - whose nickname means "Western education is sinful" in the northern Hausa language - has targeted schools before. ...

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