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• Arizona school board votes to remove pages from biology textbook
• First lady launches 2 graduation video contests
• U.S. education department gets stricter with for-profit colleges
• How U.S. Students Can Find College Scholarships to Study in Europe
• Toronto schools reject tie-up with China's Confucius Institute
• For-profit colleges face 'gainful employment' rule

Arizona school board votes to remove pages from biology textbook Posted: 30 Oct 2014 12:56 PM PDT By Daniel Wallis (Reuters) - An Arizona school board has voted to remove information about contraception methods from a biology textbook after a conservative majority decided it fell afoul of a state law that says materials should give a preference to childbirth or adoption over abortion. The members of the Gilbert Public Schools board, which covers at least 38 schools and 39,000 students mostly in Chandler and Mesa, voted 3-2 on Tuesday night to excise two pages from "Campbell Biology: Concepts and Connections. ...

First lady launches 2 graduation video contests Posted: 30 Oct 2014 12:45 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — High school and college students are competing for Michelle Obama to come to their schools to share her wisdom about moving on to higher education and adulthood.

U.S. education department gets stricter with for-profit colleges Posted: 30 Oct 2014 10:19 AM PDT By Ankit Ajmera and Sagarika Jaisinghani (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Education will introduce new regulations next year in its latest attempt to improve the job prospects of those graduating from for-profit colleges and universities. Under the regulations unveiled on Thursday and effective July 1, for-profit colleges will be at risk of losing federal aid should a typical graduate's annual loan repayments exceed 20 percent of discretionary income or 8 percent of total earnings. This is lower than the current threshold of 30 percent of discretionary income and 12 percent of total ...

How U.S. Students Can Find College Scholarships to Study in Europe Posted: 30 Oct 2014 07:00 AM PDT For many students, the ideal college is close to home. Others dream of moving out of state or across the country to start their higher education. For some, the perfect school is a little farther away.

Toronto schools reject tie-up with China's Confucius Institute Posted: 30 Oct 2014 05:25 AM PDT By Andrea Hopkins TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's largest school district ended a planned partnership with China's government-funded Confucius Institute on Wednesday, a move likely to irritate Beijing just days before Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to visit. Trustees at the Toronto District School Board, which oversees public schools with 232,000 students, severed its ties to the language and cultural program after parents, teachers and students protested against any involvement of the Chinese government in Canadian schools. ...

For-profit colleges face 'gainful employment' rule Posted: 30 Oct 2014 01:24 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — For-profit colleges that don't produce graduates capable of paying off their student loans could soon face the wrath of the federal government.

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