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• Kids, teachers from devastated school reunite
• Michigan budget panel OKs fund boost for colleges
• Financial literacy program aimed at Neb. schools
• Kids from tornado-hit school reunite with teachers
• Chicagoans React to Controversial Vote to Close 50 City Schools
• How many students from your school take out loans?
• RI House delays vote on social media privacy bill

Kids, teachers from devastated school reunite Posted: 23 May 2013 03:46 PM PDT MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Students from a suburban Oklahoma City elementary school destroyed by this week's tornado reunited with their teachers Thursday and collected whatever could be salvaged from the ruins.

Michigan budget panel OKs fund boost for colleges Posted: 23 May 2013 12:41 PM PDT Michigan's community colleges and universities could receive roughly 2 percent more in overall funding next fiscal year. Republican-led conference committees approved the community college and higher education ...

Financial literacy program aimed at Neb. schools Posted: 23 May 2013 12:02 PM PDT A new program will offer an online education in financial literacy to Nebraska high school students and parents. State Treasurer Don Stenberg on Thursday unveiled the new initiative, which will be available ...

Kids from tornado-hit school reunite with teachers Posted: 23 May 2013 11:44 AM PDT MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Students from an elementary school flattened by a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb have reunited with their teachers and collected what belongings could be salvaged from the wrecked building.

Chicagoans React to Controversial Vote to Close 50 City Schools Posted: 23 May 2013 09:22 AM PDT Chicago parents and residents are fired up after countless hours of protesting were denied by a vote to close 50 schools by the Chicago Board of Education yesterday. Chicago Public Schools, the third largest school system in the U.S., faces a $1 billion budget deficit, says The Washington Post. The decision is the most widespread school closing thus far in the country. All but one closing will happen at the end of the 2012-13 school year, and the remaining closing will happen at the end of the 2014 school year.

How many students from your school take out loans? Posted: 23 May 2013 07:51 AM PDT Every school that participates in the federal loan program reports figures like these to the Department of Education. The following interactive plots every school with at least 1,000 undergraduates by two values: Net cost of attendance after grants and the percentage of students with loans.

RI House delays vote on social media privacy bill Posted: 23 May 2013 07:03 AM PDT Rhode Island lawmakers have put off a vote on legislation that would stop employers or higher education officials from demanding access to a person's Facebook or Twitter accounts. The House was scheduled ...

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