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• Texas man arrested for luring college students into prostitution
• Study finds link between e-cigarettes, smoking in US youths
• Confederate flag displays banned in schools in Charleston
• Demystify the Variety of Degrees Awarded at U.S. Colleges
• South African police fire rubber bullets at school protest
• Why Schools Need More Teachers of Color—for White Students

Texas man arrested for luring college students into prostitution Posted: 18 Aug 2015 10:45 AM PDT Police in San Antonio have arrested what they describe as a "smooth talking man" who preyed on college women who were financially vulnerable, convincing dozens of them to be part of his prostitution business, officials said on Tuesday. Steven Sumlin, 38, was arrested at his home in San Antonio on Monday and charged with felony aggravated promotion of prostitution, police said. Sumlin is suspected of going to college campuses in San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas and telling women they could make hundreds or thousands of dollars doing unspecified jobs in his business, according to San Antonio Police Officer Douglas Greene, a spokesman.

Study finds link between e-cigarettes, smoking in US youths Posted: 18 Aug 2015 08:12 AM PDT A study of high school students in California out Tuesday has shown that those who have tried e-cigarettes are more likely to also try traditional cigarettes or cigars. In all, 31 percent of e-cigarette users tried other forms of tobacco, compared to eight percent of non-vapers, after six months of follow up.

Confederate flag displays banned in schools in Charleston Posted: 18 Aug 2015 08:07 AM PDT CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Public schools in the South Carolina city where nine black church members were shot and killed this year have banned students from displaying emblems with the Confederate flag.

Demystify the Variety of Degrees Awarded at U.S. Colleges Posted: 18 Aug 2015 05:00 AM PDT -- Associate degree: An associate degree can be completed in two years or less. With an associate degree, you can either head straight for the workforce, or use the credits you earned toward a bachelor's degree.

South African police fire rubber bullets at school protest Posted: 18 Aug 2015 04:52 AM PDT South African police officers fired rubber bullets at parents protesting outside a primary school on the outskirts of Johannesburg on Tuesday, wounding at least six people, local media said. The Gauteng Department of Education (GED) shut down the Roodepoort Primary School on Monday in an effort to stem unrest between feuding communities but a faction of parents began protesting because they wanted the school re-opened. Angry parents tried to break into the school on Tuesday and blocked children from boarding buses provided to take them to alternative schools, before police fired rubber bullets to disperse the crowds, Eyewitness News (EWN) reported.

Why Schools Need More Teachers of Color—for White Students Posted: 06 Aug 2015 05:30 AM PDT Noah Caruso, 17, calls South Philadelphia home. Known for cheesesteaks, pizza, and bakeries, South Philly is a close-knit, largely Italian American neighborhood where much of the population has traditionally shared the same background, culture, and race. Though an influx of immigrants has made the area more diverse in recent decades, South Philly, like the rest of the city, remains highly segregated. Caruso's predominantly white community was echoed at his middle school, Christopher Columbus Charter School, where he says all of his teachers were white like him, as were virtually all of his classmates. It was against this backdrop that Caruso enrolled in Science Leadership Academy (SLA)—a public magnet high school in the city—and landed in the freshman English class of Matthew Kay, his first black teacher.

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