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• Obama's new plan to get better teachers in poor schools
• Wide-ranging budget bill could end up in court
• Are teens turning from cigarettes to hookahs? Study raises red flag
• Pershing Square offers slate for Allergan board
• Obama highlights push for better skilled teachers
• Wealthier teens more likely to smoke hookah: study
• Consider 4 Factors to Choose an ACT, SAT Test Date
• US seeks better teachers for high-needs schools
• Schools work to focus incoming college students

Obama's new plan to get better teachers in poor schools Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:26 PM PDT More equitable teacher distribution – making sure that poor and minority students have teachers that are as qualified as those teaching their wealthier peers – has long been an outcome that federal education officials have held out as a goal. On Monday, the US Department of Education released its latest strategy to ensure some movement, the Excellent Educators for All Initiative. The plan calls for states to submit new, comprehensive plans for improving equity and getting great teachers into classrooms with disadvantaged students, and creates several support structures to help states follow through. "Despite the excellent work and deep commitment of our nation's teachers and principals, systemic inequities exist that shortchange students in high-poverty, high-minority schools across our country.

Wide-ranging budget bill could end up in court Posted: 07 Jul 2014 03:16 PM PDT Key budget-related legislation on tap for consideration Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Senate covers topics from how oil and gas drilling should be regulated to how billions of dollars for public schools ...

Are teens turning from cigarettes to hookahs? Study raises red flag Posted: 07 Jul 2014 12:54 PM PDT The prevalence of cigarette smoking among teens may be on the decline, but a significant portion of American high school students are smoking hookahs, and they're not the usual suspects, a new study found. As many as 1 in 5 adolescents have tried smoking from a hookah before high school graduation, according to new data analysis conducted by researchers at New York University and published Monday in the medical journal Pediatrics. Surveys of young adults in multiple countries, including the United States, suggest that young people believe smoking from a hookah is less harmful and addictive than smoking cigarettes. While there has been little research into the specific health effects associated with hookah use, "research has shown that hookahs deliver tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide in even higher doses than cigarettes," the paper's authors wrote.

Pershing Square offers slate for Allergan board Posted: 07 Jul 2014 12:53 PM PDT (Reuters) - William Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management proposed on Monday a slate of six directors for the board of Allergan Inc as the hedge fund presses forward with its $53 billion takeover bid with Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc for the Botox maker. Pershing Square nominated Betsy Atkins, chief executive officer of venture capital firm Baja; Cathleen Black, senior adviser at RRE Ventures who was also a former chancellor of New York City's public schools and a former president of Hearst Magazines;

Obama highlights push for better skilled teachers Posted: 07 Jul 2014 09:57 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama brought forward a new administration effort Monday to place quality teachers in schools that need them the most.

Wealthier teens more likely to smoke hookah: study Posted: 07 Jul 2014 08:00 AM PDT By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wealthier high school students may be more likely to try smoking hookah, according to a new study. The water-pipe device with its series of tubes and mouthpieces looks nothing like a cigarette, but is often used to smoke tobacco, and as such carries many of the dangers inherent in cigarette smoking (see Reuters Health story of February 21, 2014). Researchers at New York University Langone Medical Center analyzed data from questionnaires given to several thousand high school seniors every year from 130 public and private schools in 48 states. Finally, hookah use was more common among kids with higher weekly incomes and those who smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol or used other illicit substances.

Consider 4 Factors to Choose an ACT, SAT Test Date Posted: 07 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT According to the College Board, the creators of the SAT, most high school students sit for the college entrance exam in the spring of their junior year or the fall of their senior year. College application deadlines: First, determine your application deadlines. The Stanford University admissions department notes that the last acceptable ACT and SAT test date for regular decision applicants is in December. Certain colleges and universities require the ACT or SAT alone, while others, such as Cornell University, may also request one or more SAT subject tests.

US seeks better teachers for high-needs schools Posted: 07 Jul 2014 03:04 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department on Monday announced a new initiative to attract quality teachers to the schools that need them most.

Schools work to focus incoming college students Posted: 07 Jul 2014 01:02 AM PDT ST. LOUIS (AP) — The excitement of acceptance into that dream college has passed. The first day of classes is still weeks away. But the resources provided by high school teachers and computer labs are no longer available for recent graduates.

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