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• Chicago Public Schools announces 227 administrative layoffs
• Michigan governor urges action on Detroit schools before court intervenes
• Ontario colleges' men-only Saudi Arabia campuses criticized
• Defamation suit against Cosby dismissed, but criminal charges remain

Chicago Public Schools announces 227 administrative layoffs Posted: 22 Jan 2016 03:41 PM PST CHICAGO (AP) — More than 200 administrative employees with Chicago Public Schools are being laid off and another 180 already-vacant positions will be closed, changes that officials on Friday said will help save the nation's third-largest district $45.1 million a year as it grapples with deep financial problems.

Michigan governor urges action on Detroit schools before court intervenes Posted: 22 Jan 2016 12:55 PM PST Michigan legislators need to pass legislation quickly to overhaul Detroit's beleaguered public schools before courts intervene, the state's governor said on Friday. Republican Rick Snyder said he is still pushing a plan for the school system that he offered last year that he said would provide $700 million to deal with the schools' massive debt and make other investments. "I've asked the legislature to do that and I want to get that done before we have court intervention in the situation." Snyder spokesman Dave Murray said municipal bankruptcy is not an option the state wants for the Detroit Public Schools, although Snyder would have the ultimate say on whether the district could head to federal bankruptcy court.

Ontario colleges' men-only Saudi Arabia campuses criticized Posted: 22 Jan 2016 09:29 AM PST TORONTO (AP) — Ontario's provincial premier says she finds it unacceptable that two Ontario colleges are operating campuses in Saudi Arabia that don't admit women students.

Defamation suit against Cosby dismissed, but criminal charges remain Posted: 22 Jan 2016 05:41 AM PST Bill Cosby has been granted a temporary win in the legal firestorm that has surrounded him for more than a year. On Thursday, a federal judge dismissed the defamation lawsuit that Renita Hill, a resident of Pennsylvania, had brought against the now-controversial comedian. The lawsuit charged that Mr. Cosby defamed her in comments he, his wife, and his legal team made in 2014.

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