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• School's open in Philadelphia _ but just barely
• $250 million gift to Kentucky college withdrawn
• Greek teachers call strikes against public sector layoffs
• APNewsBreak: $250M gift to Ky. college withdrawn
• Use All 4 Years of High School to Prep for College
• Recent Law Grads Weigh in on Third Year of School
• 2014 Best Colleges Preview: Top 25 National Universities
• Which huge communist country in Asia may ban grade-school homework?

School's open in Philadelphia _ but just barely Posted: 09 Sep 2013 03:29 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The city's struggling public schools opened a new term Monday with larger classes and smaller staffs, leaving many to wonder how the nearly broke district will fare over the coming year.

$250 million gift to Kentucky college withdrawn Posted: 09 Sep 2013 03:21 PM PDT A small Kentucky liberal arts college lost out on one of the largest gifts in U.S. higher education history when the $250 million donation was withdrawn, school officials said Monday. Centre College in ...

Greek teachers call strikes against public sector layoffs Posted: 09 Sep 2013 02:33 PM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek teachers will kick off the school year with rolling strikes to protest public sector layoffs and forced transfers demanded by the country's international lenders, labor unions said on Monday. The school year begins on Wednesday, and the government must designate thousands of public sector workers for possible dismissal to convince its borrowers arriving for an inspection visit on September 22 it deserves further bailout funding. ...

APNewsBreak: $250M gift to Ky. college withdrawn Posted: 09 Sep 2013 10:31 AM PDT A $250 million donation that would have been among the largest gifts to higher education in U.S. history has been withdrawn from a small Kentucky liberal arts college, officials said Monday. Centre College ...

Use All 4 Years of High School to Prep for College Posted: 09 Sep 2013 08:06 AM PDT Test scores suggest a high percentage of high school students are not ready for college.

Recent Law Grads Weigh in on Third Year of School Posted: 09 Sep 2013 07:59 AM PDT President Barack Obama often discusses how to change higher education in the U.S., but it's rare for the Harvard Law School graduate to specifically call out law schools.

2014 Best Colleges Preview: Top 25 National Universities Posted: 09 Sep 2013 07:54 AM PDT Interested in exploring the rankings of these schools and others? Visit usnews.com on Sept. 10.

Which huge communist country in Asia may ban grade-school homework? Posted: 08 Sep 2013 09:20 PM PDT What with first graders in Chicago Public Schools — among many other U.S. locales — having homework every single day and a proposed ban on homework in China, American parents may need to update their dinner table lecture points.

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