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• Chicago school closure battle intensifies with hunger strike
• Nobody Wants Another Bake Sale: Texas PTA’s Funny Letter Goes Viral
• 3 Credit Cards College Students Should Consider
• Chester-Upland teachers agree to work without pay

Chicago school closure battle intensifies with hunger strike Posted: 28 Aug 2015 12:58 PM PDT A long-standing battle between activists and the City of Chicago over school closures in minority neighborhoods has intensified with a dozen protesters entering their twelfth day of a hunger strike on Friday over a shuttered high school. Camped out on the lawn in front of Dyett High School in South Chicago, the strikers vow to consume only liquids - such as juice and chicken broth - until the city agrees to reopen the school. The protest comes as the Chicago Public Schools, the third-largest school system in the country, cuts 1,400 jobs, seeks a $480 million bailout from the state of Illinois and struggles to beef up underfunded pensions.

Nobody Wants Another Bake Sale: Texas PTA’s Funny Letter Goes Viral Posted: 28 Aug 2015 12:07 PM PDT Magazines, chocolate, cheesecake, scented pencils, poinsettias, gift wrap, and Christmas trees are just some of the items I've been asked to purchase—and help my two sons sell—over the past few years in order to raise money for their cash-strapped Los Angeles public schools. On Tuesday, mom of three Dee Heinz posted a picture on her Facebook page of a letter from the PTA of her children's Dallas-area school. The PTA then gives parents options such as donating $15 in order to skip selling cupcakes and $100 if they don't want to be bothered again about fund-raising.

3 Credit Cards College Students Should Consider Posted: 28 Aug 2015 05:50 AM PDT Numerous surveys have shown that many millennials just don't want them, with most opting for debit cards in the wake of an apocalyptic job market and crushing student loan debt. For those who do want them, credit cards just aren't always easy to come by. The Credit CARD Act of 2009 pulled the plug on banks advertising on campus -- no more free pizzas or T-shirts just for signing up for a card -- and also require anyone under 21 to either have a co-signer or show proof of income before they can even get a card.

Chester-Upland teachers agree to work without pay Posted: 27 Aug 2015 08:28 PM PDT Teachers in the Chester-Upland school district will work without pay when classrooms open next week.

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