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• Michigan black lawmakers want Detroit school manager fired
• Former French justice minister to receive honorary degree
• Yao among teachers at NBA All-Star Game's global camp
• Decide Between Part-Time, Full-Time Online Degree Programs
• Amid fraud fears, colleges vet China applicants with video
• Detroit teachers sue district over 'deplorable' conditions
• The Latest: Schools chief: Solution in Lansing, not lawsuit

Michigan black lawmakers want Detroit school manager fired Posted: 29 Jan 2016 03:58 PM PST The Michigan legislative black caucus voted on Friday to ask Governor Rick Snyder to fire Darnell Earley, the controversial Detroit Public Schools' emergency manager who had formerly presided over the city of Flint and its lead-contaminated water system. "Conditions have only worsened under Earley's tenure, as the city of Flint worsened with his involvement," said Representative Sheldon Neeley, a Flint Democrat and the caucus' first vice chair. "He is the problem, not the solution." Detroit Public Schools is under state oversight and pressure from declining enrollment.

Former French justice minister to receive honorary degree Posted: 29 Jan 2016 09:43 AM PST MILWAUKEE (AP) — France's justice minister, who unexpectedly resigned this week, will receive an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Yao among teachers at NBA All-Star Game's global camp Posted: 29 Jan 2016 09:32 AM PST Retired Chinese NBA icon Yao Ming will be among the instructors at a Basketball Without Borders camp for top global teen players to be staged over the NBA All-Star Game weekend. The league announced Friday that 43 boys and 10 girls representing 27 nations would travel to Toronto for the February 12-14 camp at Mattamy Athletic Centre. Elite players from the Eastern and Western conferences will meet February 14 in the 65th NBA All-Star Game, the first to be staged outside the United States.

Decide Between Part-Time, Full-Time Online Degree Programs Posted: 29 Jan 2016 06:30 AM PST Chris Dickie, a 2013 graduate of Arkansas Tech University's online master's degree program in college student personnel, finished his program in 18 months by studying full time while also working a full-time job. Had he completed the degree program part time, he says, it would have taken him roughly a year longer to finish. For many degree-seeking online students, especially those balancing their education with job or family obligations, completing a program part time is the ideal path to take.

Amid fraud fears, colleges vet China applicants with video Posted: 28 Jan 2016 09:55 PM PST American colleges sorting through a record number of applications from China are increasingly turning to video interviewing services to assess students' language skills, get a feel for their personality ...

Detroit teachers sue district over 'deplorable' conditions Posted: 28 Jan 2016 02:32 PM PST DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit teachers' union filed a lawsuit against the district Thursday calling for repairing "deplorable" conditions and removing the state-appointed emergency manager that they hold responsible.

The Latest: Schools chief: Solution in Lansing, not lawsuit Posted: 28 Jan 2016 02:06 PM PST DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on problems in Detroit Public Schools (all times local):

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