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• Five Arizona high schoolers accused of plotting to murder classmate
• Jurors begin deliberations in Atlanta test cheating trial
• 5 Financial Things Everyone Should Do in Their 20s
• Why the American Dream is unraveling, in 4 charts
• Jurors to begin deliberations in Atlanta test cheating trial
• Classes resume today after fumes sickened students, teachers at Paulsboro High School
• A Yelp for teachers

Five Arizona high schoolers accused of plotting to murder classmate Posted: 19 Mar 2015 03:56 PM PDT By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police have arrested five high school students in southern Arizona who are accused of making a detailed plot to murder a classmate off campus, authorities said on Thursday. The five students, one adult and four juveniles, were booked into Pima County Jail on Wednesday on charges of suspicion of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in connection with the alleged scheme at Flowing Wells High School in Tucson. All five were taken into custody at the school, said a spokesman for the Tucson Police Department, Sergeant Pete Dugan. "Thankfully someone stepped forward and did the right thing and told administrative staff what was going on." Police named the adult student as Christopher Gibson, 18, and the four juveniles as two 17-year-old girls, Anastasia Lakin and Jessica Good, and two 15-year-old boys, Gabriel Quiroga and Andrew Totten.

Jurors begin deliberations in Atlanta test cheating trial Posted: 19 Mar 2015 10:33 AM PDT ATLANTA (AP) — Jurors have begun deliberations in the trial of a dozen former Atlanta Public Schools educators accused of participating in a test cheating conspiracy.

5 Financial Things Everyone Should Do in Their 20s Posted: 19 Mar 2015 05:50 AM PDT There is no better time to set yourself up for a lifetime of financial success than in your 20s. While this decade may seem daunting as you tick off milestones such as college graduation, starting your first "real" job and possibly marriage, taking control of your finances is an integral part of growing up and becoming a successful and independent adult. To help you successfully navigate your finances, here are five money milestones everyone should strive to hit in her 20s.

Why the American Dream is unraveling, in 4 charts Posted: 19 Mar 2015 04:14 AM PDT The upper-middle-class families author Robert Putnam profiles separate themselves into affluent suburbs, with their own public schools and social spheres. As a result, poorer children not only face hardships ...

Jurors to begin deliberations in Atlanta test cheating trial Posted: 19 Mar 2015 03:42 AM PDT ATLANTA (AP) — Jurors are set to begin deliberations in the trial of a dozen former Atlanta Public Schools educators accused of participating in a test cheating conspiracy.

Classes resume today after fumes sickened students, teachers at Paulsboro High School Posted: 19 Mar 2015 03:12 AM PDT School officials tell Action News classes will resume Thursday morning at Paulsboro High School after fumes from a nearby refinery sickened more than a dozen people.

A Yelp for teachers Posted: 19 Mar 2015 01:32 AM PDT Maybe what we need, and what teachers should welcome, isn't the data on the test scores and "value-added" rankings that some parents are demanding — or, at least, not that alone. What we need is for some tech entrepreneur to come up with a Yelp or an Angie's List for public schools, because the amalgamated voice of the consumer is the most powerful kind of accountability in American life.

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