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• Missouri teachers can become armed safety officers under new law
• Feds end Ohio State inquiry, applaud band inquiry
• Teacher's 'kissing game' leads to review of New Hampshire school district
• 10 Colleges and Universities Where Merit Aid Is Most Common
• How U.S. Colleges Gauge International Students' English Skills
• Missouri lawmakers override veto of bill expanding gun rights in public schools, cities.

Missouri teachers can become armed safety officers under new law Posted: 11 Sep 2014 03:16 PM PDT By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY Mo. (Reuters) - More Missouri teachers could carry concealed weapons under a measure state lawmakers approved late Wednesday that also bans local laws against open carry of guns. The Republican-controlled state General Assembly voted to override Democratic Governor Jay Nixon's veto of a bill that included the weapons provisions. The law allows school districts to select teachers or other employees to carry a concealed weapon or pepper spray as "school protection officers" if they pass a training program and meet other requirements. "This is just an option for school districts, it's not mandatory," state Senator Will Kraus, the bill sponsor, said on Thursday.

Feds end Ohio State inquiry, applaud band inquiry Posted: 11 Sep 2014 02:46 PM PDT COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Just weeks after Ohio State University fired the director of its celebrated marching band for failing to address a "sexualized culture" within the group, the U.S. Department of Education on Thursday announced it was closing a four-year investigation into the university's handling of sexual abuse allegations.

Teacher's 'kissing game' leads to review of New Hampshire school district Posted: 11 Sep 2014 02:19 PM PDT By Ted Siefer MANCHESTER N.H. (Reuters) - A school district in southern New Hampshire is overhauling its sexual harassment policies after U.S. The Portsmouth school district had been due this week to unveil a new, more rigorous sexual harassment policy but delayed it while officials respond to requests to modify it by the U.S. "We've conducted training of staff on how to investigate claims of sexual harassment, and we've done training for the incoming freshman class," said Kathleen Dwyer, attorney for the affluent coastal city. The teacher also "made regular jokes about pornography" and "joked about being a sex offender to keep trick-or-treaters away on Halloween," according to the Department of Education.

10 Colleges and Universities Where Merit Aid Is Most Common Posted: 11 Sep 2014 06:00 AM PDT The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: College and The Short List: Grad School to find data that matter to you in your college or grad school search.

How U.S. Colleges Gauge International Students' English Skills Posted: 11 Sep 2014 05:00 AM PDT The Test of English as a Foreign Language, commonly referred to as the TOEFL, is a standardized test of English language proficiency for nonnative English language speakers. This and the International English Language Testing System, known as IELTS, are two of the most popular standardized tests for English proficiency that many international students will need to take before applying for a college or university in the U.S. TOEFL and IELTS are different from the SAT and ACT because those are comprehensive tests aimed to measure readiness for college. For the majority of international students, TOEFL is just one piece of the application -- but many institutions are realizing that neither TOEFL nor IELTS or, for that matter, any standardized test, is the end-all predictor of a student's success.

Missouri lawmakers override veto of bill expanding gun rights in public schools, cities. Posted: 10 Sep 2014 11:54 PM PDT JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers override veto of bill expanding gun rights in public schools, cities. .

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