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• Protesting Mexican teachers stir trouble for government reforms
• Striking teachers block access to Mexico City airport
• Mexico City paralyzed by teachers' protests
• Smart Spending: Finding deals for college students
• Striking teachers make their presence felt in Mexico City
• Philadelphia teachers protest pay cut demands
• Obama calls for cost-conscious college ratings

Protesting Mexican teachers stir trouble for government reforms Posted: 23 Aug 2013 04:27 PM PDT By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Schoolteachers in Mexico City staging disruptive protests against education reform have fired a warning shot at President Enrique Pena Nieto's government as it prepares to push an ambitious economic agenda through Congress. On Friday, thousands of teachers held up traffic bound for Mexico's main international airport a day after federal lawmakers were forced to meet in a convention center next to a race course when the demonstrators blocked access to Congress. ...

Striking teachers block access to Mexico City airport Posted: 23 Aug 2013 02:53 PM PDT Thousands of teachers blocked road access to Mexico City's international airport on Friday, snarling traffic in the megalopolis to protest education reform.

Mexico City paralyzed by teachers' protests Posted: 23 Aug 2013 02:44 PM PDT Thousands of striking teachers strangled traffic and blocked access to Mexico City's international airport on Friday, flexing their muscles in a bid to block educational reforms intended to introduce teacher ...

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Striking teachers make their presence felt in Mexico City Posted: 23 Aug 2013 10:25 AM PDT Mexico City's government offices, housed in a colonial palace, look onto the sprawling Zocalo plaza – one of the world's largest public squares. But this week the plaza has all but disappeared under a tent city constructed by a striking teachers' union.

Philadelphia teachers protest pay cut demands Posted: 23 Aug 2013 07:06 AM PDT By Hilary Russ PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Hundreds of teachers in Philadelphia voiced their outrage on Thursday at proposed pay and benefit cuts as public school officials demanded $133 million in concessions from employees because of a financial crisis. With the teachers' labor contract due to expire on August 31 and school set to start about a week after that, the district and union leaders are still far apart on terms, according to George Jackson, spokesman for the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers. ...

Obama calls for cost-conscious college ratings Posted: 23 Aug 2013 03:59 AM PDT Targeting the soaring cost of higher education, President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled a broad new government rating system for colleges that would judge schools on their affordability and perhaps ...

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