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• Missouri governor vetoes teacher gun legislation
• Teachers Union Joins In Condemnation Of Duncan
• Apollo says DoE to review federal aid at University of Phoenix
• Catalan language revival fuels backlash in Spain

Missouri governor vetoes teacher gun legislation Posted: 14 Jul 2014 04:40 PM PDT JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed legislation Monday that would have allowed specially trained teachers to carry concealed guns, asserting that the move could jeopardize student safety in public schools.

Teachers Union Joins In Condemnation Of Duncan Posted: 14 Jul 2014 02:50 PM PDT The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) approved a resolution Sunday calling for Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to be fired if he does not immediately make improvements under a plan to be created by President Obama. "Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has aligned with those who have undermined public education, with those who have attacked educators who dedicate their lives to working with children, and with those who have worked to divide parents and teachers," the resolution says. As bitter as its language is, the resolution isn't as hostile as the one approved two weeks ago by the National Education Association (NEA) at their own convention. With the AFT's vote, both major national teacher unions have overtly rebelled against the course the Obama administration is charting on education.

Apollo says DoE to review federal aid at University of Phoenix Posted: 14 Jul 2014 01:44 PM PDT (Reuters) - Apollo Education Group said the U.S. Department of Education will review the University of Phoenix's administration of federal student financial aid programs. The review is expected to begin on August 4, Apollo disclosed in a filing on Monday. Shares in Apollo fell 7 percent to $27.59 in extended trading. They closed at $29.57 on the Nasdaq. (Reporting by Mridhula Raghavan in Bangalore; Editing by Don Sebastian)

Catalan language revival fuels backlash in Spain Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:49 PM PDT By Fiona Ortiz Spain(Reuters) - (Refiled story from July 10 in fourth paragraph to clarify that source was referring to Madrid policymakers) Francesca Munoz, the principal at Sant Miquel primary school near Barcelona, is fighting a linguistic crusade that has fuelled a remarkable recovery of the local Catalan tongue – and of the region's secessionist movement. For 30 years, public schools in Spain's Catalonia region have taught most subjects in Catalan, not the national Castilian Spanish language. There are now some 10 million Catalan speakers in or near the region bordering France and the Mediterranean, putting the language in a league with Swedish and Greek after it was repressed under the 1939-1975 dictatorship of Francisco Franco. Such is the strength of the Catalan renaissance that it is prompting a backlash among some parents concerned their children are getting short-changed on Spanish, the world's second-most spoken language by native speakers after Mandarin.

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