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• Thousands of French students protest against deportations
• Court considers Calif. school's May 5 US flag ban
• Teachers' strike closes 2,600 English schools
• Measuring Colleges' Success Graduating Low-Income Students
• Study: DC teachers improving performance

Thousands of French students protest against deportations Posted: 17 Oct 2013 03:56 PM PDT Paris (AFP) - Thousands of high school students in Paris and other parts of France rose up Thursday in anger at the deportation of foreign pupils, after the high-profile eviction of a 15-year-old Roma girl.

Court considers Calif. school's May 5 US flag ban Posted: 17 Oct 2013 02:41 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday wrestled with the novel question of whether it was offensive for Northern California high school students to display the American flag during a school day dedicated to celebrating Mexican heritage.

Teachers' strike closes 2,600 English schools Posted: 17 Oct 2013 10:23 AM PDT London (AFP) - More than 2,600 schools were closed in England on Thursday by a teachers' strike over their pay and working conditions, the education ministry said.

Measuring Colleges' Success Graduating Low-Income Students Posted: 17 Oct 2013 07:36 AM PDT U.S. News is publishing an exclusive analysis of how well colleges and universities are succeeding at graduating low-income students compared with the graduation rate of the overall student body.

Study: DC teachers improving performance Posted: 17 Oct 2013 07:32 AM PDT Public school teachers in the District of Columbia are improving their performance because they're motivated by the possibility of substantial pay raises or because they don't want to get fired, according ...

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