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• Educator acquitted in Atlanta school tests scandal
• What does the college of the future look like?
• Calif. students' 'twerking' records to be expunged
• 2014 Best Colleges Preview: Top 10 National Liberal Arts Colleges
• E-Cigarette Use Doubles Among Young People
• Teachers shut way to Mexico City airport for hours

Educator acquitted in Atlanta school tests scandal Posted: 06 Sep 2013 01:16 PM PDT By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - A jury acquitted an educator on Friday in the first trial stemming from a scandal at Atlanta public schools where teachers and principals are accused of inflating test results to boost their bonuses. Tamara Cotman, a former school system area director, was acquitted of charges she urged principals to tell investigators to "go to hell" during the probe of alleged cheating by educators. The charges were in connection with a state investigation that found cheating on standardized tests at 44 Atlanta public schools. ...

What does the college of the future look like? Posted: 06 Sep 2013 09:06 AM PDT With steep tuition making higher education unaffordable for many families, colleges and universities are being pressed to embrace innovative learning tools that can make earning a degree far cheaper. While a four-year bachelor's degree is still considered an essential ticket into a competitive job market, experts agree that colleges have little choice but to adapt to changing technological and economic realities.

Calif. students' 'twerking' records to be expunged Posted: 06 Sep 2013 07:47 AM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego school district has agreed to expunge the records of 31 high school students who were suspended for making an on-campus video featuring "twerking" dance moves.

2014 Best Colleges Preview: Top 10 National Liberal Arts Colleges Posted: 06 Sep 2013 07:34 AM PDT Applying to college is a journey that involves finding the right school, submitting applications and then -- if you're lucky -- choosing among the acceptance letters and financial aid awards to find that place you'll call home for the next few years.

E-Cigarette Use Doubles Among Young People Posted: 06 Sep 2013 06:33 AM PDT "Alarming and disturbing." This is how Tim McAfee, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office on Smoking and Health, describes the new findings on electronic cigarette use among young people. Experimentation with e-cigarettes more than doubled among U.S. middle school and high school students from 2011 to 2012, to the point that 10 percent of high school students have given them a try, according to data released Thursday by the CDC.

Teachers shut way to Mexico City airport for hours Posted: 05 Sep 2013 06:16 PM PDT Teachers angry over the passage of a national education reform blocked the main approach to Mexico City's airport for more than eight hours Thursday, forcing many people to leave their cars and rush through ...

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