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• Op-Ed: Chicago’s Low-Income Families Are Sick of Feeling Disposable
• Former University Bookstore Manager Confesses to Stealing $1.16M
• Colo. Senate passes $20.5B budget, heads to House
• 3 Strategies for Managing the Skyrocketing Cost of College
• Protesters march against Chicago school closures

Op-Ed: Chicago’s Low-Income Families Are Sick of Feeling Disposable Posted: 28 Mar 2013 10:56 AM PDT On the afternoon of March 27, thousands of families, teachers, community members, school leaders and concerned residents of Chicago descended on Daley Plaza to protest the closing of 54 public schools.

Former University Bookstore Manager Confesses to Stealing $1.16M Posted: 28 Mar 2013 10:33 AM PDT Initially, officials at Missouri State University in Springfield thought Mark Brixey took around $400,000 from the on-campus bookstore he managed. Upon conducting intense audits of the bookstore's finances, university administrators discovered Brixey stole around $1.16 million over eight years as an employee of Missouri's second-largest public institution of higher education. KSPR reports the former manager pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to wire fraud, money laundering and filing a false tax report.

Colo. Senate passes $20.5B budget, heads to House Posted: 28 Mar 2013 09:39 AM PDT Next year's budget for Colorado has passed the state Senate with funding increases for public schools, higher education, and money for construction projects at colleges and state buildings. The budget ...

3 Strategies for Managing the Skyrocketing Cost of College Posted: 28 Mar 2013 08:48 AM PDT Today's college students are paying twice as much for higher education as students paid a quarter-century ago -- and 50 percent more than students paid just four years ago, according to the State Higher Education Finance report recently released by the State Higher Education Executive Officers.

Protesters march against Chicago school closures Posted: 28 Mar 2013 05:44 AM PDT Hundreds of teachers, parents and other opponents marched through downtown Wednesday, vowing to fight a plan to close 54 Chicago Public Schools, despite Mayor Rahm Emanuel's comments that he's done negotiating ...

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