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• Common Core, battered by midterm politics, gets higher-ed support. Too late?
• The Flawed, Necessary Public Schools of 'Louie'
• Reports of sex crimes up at colleges and universities: study
• Report: Sex crimes were up at US colleges
• College presidents express support for Common Core
• Arne Duncan Threatens Entire State Of Oklahoma Because State Backed Out Of Common Core
• Top Asian News at 5:30 a.m. GMT

Common Core, battered by midterm politics, gets higher-ed support. Too late? Posted: 10 Jun 2014 03:40 PM PDT A new coalition of Common Core supporters, this time from the higher-education community, announced itself Tuesday. It's a battle that has become central in the education world lately, and is spilling out into more general debate, as Common Core becomes a key issue in many midterm campaigns. In the past two weeks, South Carolina and Oklahoma have joined Indiana in dropping the standards, bringing the number of states with Common Core down to 43. Tea Party candidates and many Republicans have started using opposition to Common Core as a sort of litmus test, with many referring to it as "ObamaCore." On the left, a growing number of educators have raised concerns over the standards for early-elementary grades, and have pushed for a slow-down on Common Core implementation and high-stakes accountability.

The Flawed, Necessary Public Schools of 'Louie' Posted: 10 Jun 2014 01:26 PM PDT In this fourth season of Louie, public school has been a lurking undercurrent, popping up in time for momentary diatribes and flashback settings. The real Louis CK isn't afraid to voice his own opinions on public education – so what's his show trying to say?  We've seen New York City's public schools in Louie before – his school-age daughters make it kind of unavoidable – but their prevalence in season four has been purposeful, if not higher-profile.

Reports of sex crimes up at colleges and universities: study Posted: 10 Jun 2014 12:01 PM PDT Reports of forcible sex crimes at colleges and universities increased by over 50 percent to 2011 from 2001, even as on-campus crime has declined for every other category, according to a federal report released on Tuesday. The Education Department report found that 3,300 sex crimes including rape and forced fondling were reported in 2011, up from 2,200 a decade earlier. The report did not detail what reasons might explain the trend but administrators and student advocates at colleges and universities across the nation in recent years have been campaigning to raise awareness about sex crimes, in some cases encouraging victims to file criminal complaints rather than allowing their attackers to go unpunished. The White House in April declared an "epidemic" of sex assaults on campus, and 55 U.S. colleges and universities are facing lawsuits that contend their policies aimed at preventing such attacks may be inadequate and a violation of Title IX, a 1972 U.S. law that prohibits gender discrimination at schools that receive federal funds.

Report: Sex crimes were up at US colleges Posted: 10 Jun 2014 11:50 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of sex offenses reported at American colleges and universities went up in the last decade even as overall campus crime decreased, according to an Education Department survey that also suggests high schools are safer than they used to be.

College presidents express support for Common Core Posted: 10 Jun 2014 08:18 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Higher education leaders in 33 states on Tuesday announced the formation of a coalition in support of Common Core education standards rolling out in most states.

Arne Duncan Threatens Entire State Of Oklahoma Because State Backed Out Of Common Core Posted: 10 Jun 2014 07:36 AM PDT Thursday marked a high point for opponents of Common Core, as Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed legislation making her state the third to ditch the national educational standards. In a press briefing at the White House on Monday, though, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan struck back by vaguely suggesting that the federal government may now punish Oklahoma. Duncan asserted that "40 percent of high school graduates" in Oklahoma "have to take remedial classes when they go to college" and only "25 percent of Oklahoma's eighth-graders in math are proficient." And right now, roughly 40 percent of those graduates in Oklahoma are having to do that.

Top Asian News at 5:30 a.m. GMT Posted: 09 Jun 2014 10:33 PM PDT GWANGJU, South Korea (AP) — Fifteen crew members from the sunken South Korean ferry are in court to enter pleas on charges that they were negligent and failed to save passengers in the disaster, which left more than 300 people dead or missing. Lawyers will also submit evidence during Tuesday's hearing at Gwangju District Court. Most of those killed in the April 16 sinking of the ferry Sewol were high school students, and many people from the students' hometown attended the hearing.

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