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• Pa. schools see threefold jump in sports fees
• Paris still best student city despite stiff London competition
• Arne Duncan's War on Women and Children
• Dazzling Nighttime Rocket Launch Puts 29 Satellites In Orbit, a New Record

Pa. schools see threefold jump in sports fees Posted: 20 Nov 2013 01:15 PM PST Pennsylvania public schools are three times more likely to charge students to participate in sports than they were three years ago, according to a study released Wednesday by the Pennsylvania School Boards ...

Paris still best student city despite stiff London competition Posted: 20 Nov 2013 08:10 AM PST Paris retained its place as the best city in the world for students, a survey published Wednesday showed, narrowly beating London to the top spot with its world-leading universities and low tuition fees. The QS Best Student Cities 2014 ranking, compiled by the same higher education specialist that issues the closely watched annual QS World University Rankings, said Paris had come first for the second year in a row, two points ahead of London. "Low tuition fees continue to make France a very attractive study destination for domestic and international students," said Ben Sowter, head of research at QS.

Arne Duncan's War on Women and Children Posted: 20 Nov 2013 12:00 AM PST Just when you thought the Obama administration couldn't antagonize America any further, along comes Education Secretary Arne Duncan. On Friday, while defending the beleaguered Common Core program in a meeting with state school superintendents, Duncan unleashed a brazen race and class warfare attack on grassroots foes. As The Washington Post reported, Duncan sneered that he found it "fascinating" that the revolt came from "white suburban moms who — all of a sudden — their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were, and their school isn't quite as good as they thought they were." As a brown-skinned suburban mom opposed to Common Core, I can tell you I've personally met moms and dads of all races, ethnicities, backgrounds and parts of the country over the past year who have sacrificed to get their kids into the best schools possible.

Dazzling Nighttime Rocket Launch Puts 29 Satellites In Orbit, a New Record Posted: 19 Nov 2013 05:27 PM PST A spectacular rocket launch from Virginia's eastern shore late Tuesday (Nov. 19) lit up the night sky like an artifical sun, kicking off a record-breaking mission to put 29 satellites into orbit. The Orbital Sciences-built Minotaur 1 rocket launched into space at 8:15 p.m. EST (0115 GMT Wednesday) from NASA's Wallops Flight Faciltiy in Virginia to begin the ORS-3 mission, which is run by the U.S. military's Operationally Responsive Space Office. After a 45-minute delay caused by an issue with a downrange tracking station, the Minotaur 1 roared to life, carving an arc of flame into the night sky that was likely visible along the East Coast from Maine down to Florida, and from as far inland as Indiana and Michigan, according to viewing maps provided by NASA and Orbital Sciences. A so-called "PhoneSat" built by NASA and the first-ever satellite designed and built by high school students were among the spacecraft hitching a ride into orbit on the four-stage Minotaur 1 rocket.

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