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• Families: Slain Newtown educators acted bravely
• Slain Newtown educators honored for responses
• Higher ed and lower jobs: What's needed in the new economy
• No, Atlas Shrugged probably won't be required reading in Idaho
• Hawaii lawmakers investigate university tuition
• Schools, roads, taxes in Pa. gov's budget plan

Families: Slain Newtown educators acted bravely Posted: 06 Feb 2013 04:19 PM PST DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — As a little girl, Lauren Rousseau would create make-believe classrooms with dolls and a small blackboard. And when a gunman invaded Sandy Hook Elementary School, the substitute with a life-long dream of being a teacher died doing her best to keep the children calm.

Slain Newtown educators honored for responses Posted: 06 Feb 2013 02:20 PM PST DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — As a little girl, Lauren Rousseau would create make-believe classrooms with dolls and a small blackboard. And when a gunman invaded Sandy Hook Elementary School in December, the substitute with a life-long dream of being a teacher died doing her best to keep the children calm.

Higher ed and lower jobs: What's needed in the new economy Posted: 06 Feb 2013 01:19 PM PST It almost sounds like a Woody Allen joke. Most Americans say postsecondary education is just too expensive, according to a new Gallup poll. Yet more than 1 in 4 say the quality of higher education has become worse.

No, Atlas Shrugged probably won't be required reading in Idaho Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:20 AM PST An Idaho Republican stokes controversy by introducing a bill that would force high school students to read Ayn Rand's 1,100-page love letter to capitalism

Hawaii lawmakers investigate university tuition Posted: 06 Feb 2013 08:01 AM PST Hawaii lawmakers are investigating the rising cost of tuition at the University of Hawaii and are pushing to reform the system's board of regents.Senators in the Committee on Higher Education approved ...

Schools, roads, taxes in Pa. gov's budget plan Posted: 06 Feb 2013 07:09 AM PST An ambitious budget proposal released Tuesday by Gov. Tom Corbett would boost Pennsylvania's core state government spending by nearly 3 percent while increasing support for public schools, cutting business ...

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