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- Five Ohio teenagers charged in fake ALS bucket attack
- 10 Colleges With the Highest 4-Year Graduation Rates
- Chicago teachers' union head won't run against Mayor Emanuel
- New York City Is Ending Its Ban on Cell Phones in Schools
- What the Worst Colleges Have In Common
| Five Ohio teenagers charged in fake ALS bucket attack Posted: 14 Oct 2014 03:13 PM PDT By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Five Ohio teenagers were charged on Tuesday with dumping a bucket containing urine, tobacco and spit over the head of a boy with autism who thought he was participating in the ALS "Ice Bucket Challenge," a county prosecutor said. The five unidentified high school students face disorderly conduct charges and three of them also were charged with assault in juvenile court for the Aug. 18 incident, Cuyahoga County prosecutor Timothy McGinty said in statement. ... |
| 10 Colleges With the Highest 4-Year Graduation Rates Posted: 14 Oct 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. |
| Chicago teachers' union head won't run against Mayor Emanuel Posted: 13 Oct 2014 06:19 PM PDT (Reuters) - Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, who had surgery last week for a serious illness, will not run against Mayor Rahm Emanuel in city elections next year, her exploratory committee said on Monday. "Karen Lewis has decided to not pursue a mayoral bid," the committee said in a statement. "Yet she charges us to continue fighting for strong schools, safe neighborhoods, and good jobs in every community." Lewis, 61, had surgery on Wednesday for a "serious illness," the union said. ... |
| New York City Is Ending Its Ban on Cell Phones in Schools Posted: 13 Oct 2014 02:59 PM PDT New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to make good on one of his campaign promises—one that will surely make some Gotham teens his biggest fans. No, not the pledge to lessen wealth inequality in the city. (Poor doors are still in full effect.) Instead, the mayor plans to bring an end to another inequity that has plagued the Big Apple's public schools in recent years: the ban on cell phones on campus. |
| What the Worst Colleges Have In Common Posted: 13 Oct 2014 06:08 AM PDT I've always felt you can get a decent education just about anywhere -- community colleges, trade schools, the streets of Chicago. But some colleges are better than others in getting you a degree and not ... |
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