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• Prestigious education award shared by schools in Florida, Georgia
• Districts in Florida, Georgia split school prize
• Games-Buoyed by bumper bonus, Thais eye more sepak takraw gold

Prestigious education award shared by schools in Florida, Georgia Posted: 22 Sep 2014 02:02 PM PDT By Barbara Liston ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) - School districts in Florida and Georgia were named co-winners on Monday of the Broad Prize for Urban Education, recognizing top-performing urban schools that are closing the achievement gap among low-income and minority students. Orange County Public Schools, which includes Orlando, and Gwinnett County Public Schools, west of Atlanta, will split $1 million in college scholarships for their graduating seniors. ...

Districts in Florida, Georgia split school prize Posted: 22 Sep 2014 11:36 AM PDT ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — In a first for the prestigious award, districts in Florida and Georgia will split the $1 million Broad Prize — the largest education award given to U.S. public schools.

Games-Buoyed by bumper bonus, Thais eye more sepak takraw gold Posted: 22 Sep 2014 01:54 AM PDT By Kaweewit Kaewjinda BANGKOK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - His team mates call him the "left-footed killer", an unlikely nickname for a veteran athlete who plays in the same cheap plimsolls that high school students are forced to wear in his native Thailand. But with his prolific point-scoring record and deadly finishing, Pornchai Kaokaew carries Thailand's hopes of delivering them yet another Asian Games gold medal in sepak takraw, an acrobatic hybrid of soccer and volleyball that has spectators gripped with its non-stop dynamism and flair. ...

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