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• Colorado students stage walkouts to protest proposed curriculum
• Corbett signs Philly schools cigarette tax measure
• NY City mayor says son takes phone to school, recommits to lifting ban
• Past, Future Pell Grant Changes Offer Hope for Families
• College Students Can Play League of Legends and Win Scholarship Money
• Providence, teachers union head to mediation

Colorado students stage walkouts to protest proposed curriculum Posted: 24 Sep 2014 03:33 PM PDT By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Hundreds of high school students in Colorado's second-largest school district staged a walkout on Wednesday to protest proposed changes to a history curriculum that would stress patriotism and discourage civil disobedience. Student protesters marched outside schools waving placards bearing slogans such as: "My School, My Education, My Voice!" and "Don't Make History a Mystery!" The demonstrations marked the third straight day of protests at six high schools in Jefferson County, a suburban Denver school district of 84,000 students. ...

Corbett signs Philly schools cigarette tax measure Posted: 24 Sep 2014 02:41 PM PDT Pennsylvania state government has cleared Philadelphia to impose a $2-per-pack cigarette sales tax to help the city's financially troubled public schools. Gov. Tom Corbett signed the bill Wednesday, saying ...

NY City mayor says son takes phone to school, recommits to lifting ban Posted: 24 Sep 2014 02:23 PM PDT By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's teenage son, who helped his father's election campaign with a sentimental commercial, may now be influencing his dad to move forward with a new policy for cellphone use in the city's public schools. While de Blasio ran for mayor on a promise to allow students to carry cell phones to school, after parents complained of not being able to reach their children and of kids scrambling to find places to store their phones, the policy remains in place almost nine months after he took office. ...

Past, Future Pell Grant Changes Offer Hope for Families Posted: 24 Sep 2014 07:00 AM PDT As Congress prepares to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, the Student Loan Ranger expects to hear a lot more conversation about the most quintessentially American part of the U.S. federal financial aid program: the Pell Grant.

College Students Can Play League of Legends and Win Scholarship Money Posted: 24 Sep 2014 05:47 AM PDT Total prize pool for this year's North American Collegiate Championship is $360,000 in scholarship funds.

Providence, teachers union head to mediation Posted: 24 Sep 2014 03:55 AM PDT The Providence School District and the teachers union are taking their contract dispute to a mediator. The 1,900-member Providence Teachers Union voted 611 to 182 Monday to reject the proposal. Maribeth ...

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