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• Will other states follow Scott Walker's lead on weakening teacher tenure?
• New Chicago school budget relies on state pension relief: officials
• The Surprising Reason College Tuition Is Crazy Expensive
• 3 Ways Teachers Can Relax, Connect With Teen Culture This Summer

Will other states follow Scott Walker's lead on weakening teacher tenure? Posted: 13 Jul 2015 01:03 PM PDT Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker – who announced a 2016 presidential bid Monday – faces intense criticism from higher education activists, after signing a $73 billion state budget that makes hefty cuts to the University of Wisconsin system and significantly reduces tenure protections for faculty. In the past, such cuts had to be absorbed without firing tenured faculty, whose jobs could be eliminated for fiscal reasons only in the case of a financial emergency. Governor Walker established a national political profile after a clash over public employee bargaining rights, including K-12 teachers, that sparked huge protests in the state capital in 2011.

New Chicago school budget relies on state pension relief: officials Posted: 13 Jul 2015 10:41 AM PDT The upcoming budget for the Chicago Public Schools will rely on $500 million in yet-to-be-enacted pension savings by Illinois, school officials said on Monday. The third-largest U.S. public school system is projecting a $1.1 billion deficit in its fiscal 2016 budget, largely because of an approximately $675 million pension payment. If the $500 million in pension relief does not materialize, officials said, the school district would turn to "unsustainable borrowing and additional cuts" to balance the budget nearly halfway through the fiscal year.

The Surprising Reason College Tuition Is Crazy Expensive Posted: 13 Jul 2015 06:30 AM PDT Are federal student loans driving up the cost of college tuition? A report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York indicates that's exactly what's happening, finding the effect of aid expansion on tuition to be more bad news than good. The study found that for every dollar awarded in Pell Grants or subsidized loans, schools raise their tuition by 55 or 65 cents, respectively.

3 Ways Teachers Can Relax, Connect With Teen Culture This Summer Posted: 13 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT For many high school teachers, summer break isn't a vacation.

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