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• The Latest: Suspect in wrong-way crashes arrested
• Chicago mayor buys peace with teachers, fiscal impact uncertain
• The Latest: Union confident Chicago teachers will OK deal
• Tests show high levels of lead in Trenton students
• Sprint to provide one million students with free internet, mobile devices
• Chicago dodges strike: How to rebuild trust between teachers and the city?
• South African campus hit by second day of student unrest
• South Africa's Zuma forms team to resolve university fee crisis
• Chicago Teachers Union: No strike in nation's third-largest district; school in session Tuesday
• High School Threats No Joke for Teachers, Parents

The Latest: Suspect in wrong-way crashes arrested Posted: 11 Oct 2016 04:18 PM PDT DUXBURY, Vt. (AP) — The Latest on the wrong-way crash that killed five high school students in Vermont (all times local):

Chicago mayor buys peace with teachers, fiscal impact uncertain Posted: 11 Oct 2016 03:33 PM PDT A tentative deal reached late on Monday between the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and its teachers union averted a strike that had been scheduled for Tuesday but the impact on the district's already shaky finances was uncertain. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who controls the nation's third-largest public school system, agreed to initially pour more surplus revenue from city development districts into school coffers. The second-term mayor said the agreement will make CPS finances stronger.

The Latest: Union confident Chicago teachers will OK deal Posted: 11 Oct 2016 02:45 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on Chicago Public Schools and the teachers' union averting a strike (all times local):

Tests show high levels of lead in Trenton students Posted: 11 Oct 2016 02:34 PM PDT Tests show kids in Trenton public schools have higher levels of lead in their blood than those affected in the Flint, Michigan water crisis.

Sprint to provide one million students with free internet, mobile devices Posted: 11 Oct 2016 12:53 PM PDT By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wireless carrier Sprint Corp on Tuesday pledged to provide 1 million U.S. high school students with free mobile devices and internet access as part of a White House initiative to expand opportunities for lower income kids. Marcelo Claure, chief executive of Sprint, said the plan builds on the company's prior commitment through the White House's ConnectED program to get 50,000 students high speed internet.

Chicago dodges strike: How to rebuild trust between teachers and the city? Posted: 11 Oct 2016 09:24 AM PDT The Chicago Teachers Union and the nation's third largest school district reached a contract agreement minutes before midnight Tuesday to avoid the second major strike there in four years. Chicago Public Schools and the union came to a tentative agreement on points of conflict that include class sizes, teacher layoffs, and special education. The school district has also agreed to continue to pay most of most of its contribution to teachers' pensions, the so-called pension pickup.

South African campus hit by second day of student unrest Posted: 11 Oct 2016 06:31 AM PDT JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African riot police fought stone-throwing students for a second consecutive day at a university campus on Tuesday amid national calls by demonstrators for free higher education.

South Africa's Zuma forms team to resolve university fee crisis Posted: 11 Oct 2016 06:28 AM PDT South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has formed a ministerial team to help bring an end to weeks of clashes at university campuses between police and students demanding free education, the presidency said on Tuesday. The team set up by Zuma consists of eight ministers including Higher Education minister Blade Nzimande and Minister of Police Nathi Nhleko, and is tasked with resolving the crisis. The main opposition Democratic Alliance party criticized Zuma, however, for excluding Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

Chicago Teachers Union: No strike in nation's third-largest district; school in session Tuesday Posted: 10 Oct 2016 09:57 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Teachers Union: No strike in nation's third-largest district; school in session Tuesday.

High School Threats No Joke for Teachers, Parents Posted: 10 Oct 2016 05:00 AM PDT Violent threats made toward high schools involving clowns have swept the nation recently. "There's movies with creepy clowns, but that people are threatening kids with creepy clowns is just out of control and crazy," Cathy Archambault, a parent of a student at Bristol Central High School in Connecticut told a local news station. Don't dismiss any threats: The last thing parents or teachers should do when they hear about a threat is keep the information to themselves, says Mo Canady, executive director of the National Association of School Resource Officers.

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