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• San Diego college students get antibiotics after one dies of meningitis
• Ex-Los Angeles schools chief says resignation came in polarized atmosphere
• Philadelphia teachers' union files court motions
• Parents pay the price for children’s student debt

San Diego college students get antibiotics after one dies of meningitis Posted: 17 Oct 2014 04:50 PM PDT By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Free antibiotics have been given out to more than 400 San Diego State University students potentially exposed to bacterial meningitis from a campus sorority member who died of the disease early on Friday, campus and public health officials said. Sara Stelzer, an 18-year-old freshman, was admitted to a San Diego hospital earlier in the week with a high fever and other symptoms and died on Friday morning, according to the university's student affairs vice president, Eric Rivera. ...

Ex-Los Angeles schools chief says resignation came in polarized atmosphere Posted: 17 Oct 2014 04:46 PM PDT By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Los Angeles public schools Superintendent John Deasy said on Friday, a day after resigning from his post, that his testimony in a landmark case on tenure rules for teachers created a polarizing atmosphere over his leadership. The former top official of the second-largest school district in the nation, who has been praised by reform groups seeking to hold teachers to more stringent standards, also told reporters in a conference call that he might eventually run for office. ...

Philadelphia teachers' union files court motions Posted: 17 Oct 2014 12:03 PM PDT The union representing Philadelphia teachers says it has filed several court motions in its bid to reverse the School Reform Commission's cancellation of its contract.

Parents pay the price for children’s student debt Posted: 17 Oct 2014 07:51 AM PDT Parents who want to provide for their children's college education are being stretched to the brink with student loans.

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