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• Kansas Supreme Court invalidates school funding law
• 174 Ursinus College students suffer from stomach infection
• Why college activism is soaring
• Cambodian government warns students of Valentine's Day perils
• School bus, car collide in Riverside County, injuring 4

Kansas Supreme Court invalidates school funding law Posted: 11 Feb 2016 03:57 PM PST TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court threatened Thursday to shut down schools if lawmakers don't revamp the way the state funds public schools by July, ruling that a law enacted last year as a temporary fix underfunded poor school districts by at least $54 million.

174 Ursinus College students suffer from stomach infection Posted: 11 Feb 2016 10:12 AM PST More than 170 students at Ursinus College in Montgomery County are recovering from a stomach bug, while the health department works to find the cause.

Why college activism is soaring Posted: 11 Feb 2016 06:58 AM PST The recent success of protesters addressing issues of race on campus – from the University of Missouri to Ithaca College – may be the leading edge of a historic level of student activism. Incoming college freshmen are more likely than ever before to say they are very likely to participate in protests while in college, an annual survey released Thursday shows. There's also been an uptick in other indicators of students' civic engagement and their desire to improve racial understanding, according to "The American Freshman," a nationally representative survey of new full-time students published by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Cambodian government warns students of Valentine's Day perils Posted: 11 Feb 2016 01:37 AM PST Cambodia's government has hit out at Valentine's Day, warning students against losing the "dignity of themselves and their families" in a note sent to schools across the country. Valentine's Day has become something of a favourite among young people in many Southeast Asian countries in recent years, with bunches of red roses and heart-shaped chocolates cropping up in stores and on street stalls each February. The Cambodian Ministry of Education directive, which was sent to private and public schools on on Tuesday, ordered teachers to "take measures to prevent inappropriate activities on Valentine's Day".

School bus, car collide in Riverside County, injuring 4 Posted: 10 Feb 2016 07:37 PM PST MENIFEE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a school bus with 19 high school students aboard and a car have collided in Riverside County, sending four people to the hospital.

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