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• Two teachers killed this week: How safe are US schools?
• College price hikes appear to be moderating
• How much it cost to go to college
• Draft Law School Reforms Could Have Broader Implications
• U.S. public university tuition posts slowest rise in decades: study
• NYC mayor candidates vow to close public schools for Muslim holidays, but what about Festivus?
• College prices appear to be moderating

Two teachers killed this week: How safe are US schools? Posted: 23 Oct 2013 03:39 PM PDT Residents of Boston's North Shore suburbs were struggling to absorb the news Wednesday that Danvers High School math teacher Colleen Ritzer was murdered, and that a 14-year-old male student has been charged.

College price hikes appear to be moderating Posted: 23 Oct 2013 10:43 AM PDT There's some good news on college tuition. Yes, the cost has gone up — but not as much as in the past. For in-state students at a four-year public college or university, published tuition and fees increased ...

How much it cost to go to college Posted: 23 Oct 2013 07:57 AM PDT College tuition has gone up but not as much in the past. Some costs for the 2013-14 academic year, compared with the previous year: In-state degree at a public four-year institution: — Average tuition ...

Draft Law School Reforms Could Have Broader Implications Posted: 23 Oct 2013 07:53 AM PDT As we've noted before, there are ways in which the current struggles of law schools sometimes act as an early warning signal of problems in the rest of higher education. A recently released draft report from the American Bar Association's Task Force on the Future of Legal Education, which examines the current problems in legal education and proposes reforms, illustrates these similarities and proposes solutions that are often germane to other institutions of higher education.

U.S. public university tuition posts slowest rise in decades: study Posted: 23 Oct 2013 07:41 AM PDT (Reuters) - The average tuition and fees charged by public four-year universities in the United States rose 2.9 percent for the 2013-14 school year, the smallest annual increase in more than three decades, according to a study published on Wednesday. But recent declines in grant aid mean many students face larger increases in what they must pay for their higher education, the non-profit College Board said in its 30th annual Trends in College Pricing report. Tuition for in-state students at public four-year schools averaged $8,893 in 2013-14, up from $8,646 in 2012-13, the report said. ...

NYC mayor candidates vow to close public schools for Muslim holidays, but what about Festivus? Posted: 23 Oct 2013 07:04 AM PDT Both major candidates in the 2013 New York City mayoral election, Republican Joe Lhota and Democrat Bill de Blasio, have said they support closing public schools across the city for two Muslim holy days, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.

College prices appear to be moderating Posted: 22 Oct 2013 09:08 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — There's some good news on college tuition. Yes, the cost has gone up — but not as much in the past.

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