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• What Teachers Are Trying to Tell Us About Guns in Schools
• Moody's: Outlook for higher ed sector now negative
• Kan. gov. seeks modest boost in school funding
• Moody's now has negative outlook for all U.S. universities
• The best colleges for ‘sugar babies’ and the sugar daddies who love them [SLIDESHOW]
• Learning firm Lynda.com wins $103 million investment from Accel, Spectrum
• What’s Got Seattle Teachers Fed Up and Firing Back?

What Teachers Are Trying to Tell Us About Guns in Schools Posted: 16 Jan 2013 02:56 PM PST No matter what Obama says about putting armed police officers in schools, the NRA keeps on criticizing him. The President announced 23 executive orders aimed at limiting gun violence today, even offering to fund armed police officers for schools that request them. But that still wasn't enough to meet the NRA's demands for more guns in schools, and the pro-gun group accused him of "ignoring children." Lost in all that shouting are the voices of people who'll actually work in such schools—the teachers. ...

Moody's: Outlook for higher ed sector now negative Posted: 16 Jan 2013 10:41 AM PST Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday downgraded its outlook for the higher education sector to negative across the board, saying even prestigious, top-tier research universities are now under threat ...

Kan. gov. seeks modest boost in school funding Posted: 16 Jan 2013 09:08 AM PST Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's budget proposals would phase in a $76 million increase in aid to public schools over two years and use revenues from state-owned casinos to help fund teachers' pensions.Brownback ...

Moody's now has negative outlook for all U.S. universities Posted: 16 Jan 2013 07:32 AM PST (Reuters) - Moody's Investors Service now has a negative outlook for the entire U.S. higher education sector, the rating agency said on Wednesday, citing "mounting fiscal pressure on all key university revenue sources." Since 2009, Moody's had had a stable outlook for market-leading, research-driven colleges and universities and a negative outlook for the rest of the higher education sector. "The U.S. higher education sector has hit a critical juncture in the evolution of its business model," said Eva Bogaty, Moody's assistant vice president, in a statement. ...

The best colleges for ‘sugar babies’ and the sugar daddies who love them [SLIDESHOW] Posted: 15 Jan 2013 09:15 PM PST College tuition spiraled out of control a long time ago, and Americans are now saddled with more than $1 trillion in student loan debt. The average amount owed is an astounding $26,600.

Learning firm Lynda.com wins $103 million investment from Accel, Spectrum Posted: 15 Jan 2013 09:03 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online learning company Lynda.com has won $103 million in new funding from venture capital firm Accel Partners and equity investor Spectrum Equity, the company said on Wednesday. The cash infusion, which marks the company's first outside funding, will allow the company to expand internationally, add new content areas, and improve its Web and video platforms, said Eric Robison, the firm's Chief Executive Officer. Founded in 1995, Lynda.com offers online training and instruction videos. ...

What’s Got Seattle Teachers Fed Up and Firing Back? Posted: 15 Jan 2013 04:22 PM PST One thing I've noticed in my five decades as a public school student, then parent and education writer is that most teachers are much more comfortable complying with authority than bucking it. So when teachers at Garfield High School in Seattle voted last week to boycott a series of district-mandated tests, it was a rare step to resist the testing mania that has overtaken and damaged our public schools.

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