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• Chicago teachers strike for day over funding, contract
• Latest: Teachers shut down some Chicago streets for rally
• Chicago teachers launch one-day strike in call for funding
• Q&A: Chicago teachers strike for 1 day over budget
• Students want Notre Dame to revoke Cosby's honorary degree
• How the CIA 'inadvertently' left explosive material on a school bus
• CIA left inert explosives on school bus after exercise
• Illinois cannot block Chicago school borrowing: legal opinion
• Chicago teachers have worked without a contract since July. Why strike now?
• Study Big Data Through Online Learning
• In soccer-mad Brazil, fencing targets young fans for Olympics
• WIDER IMAGE-In soccer-mad Brazil, fencing targets young fans for Olympics
• The Court Ruling That Could End the Student Loan Crisis

Chicago teachers strike for day over funding, contract Posted: 01 Apr 2016 04:23 PM PDT By Dave McKinney and Justin Madden CHICAGO (Reuters) - Thousands of Chicago teachers and other union workers marched through downtown Chicago on Friday afternoon after a day-long strike to demand a contract and more money for education while school officials moved to block future walk-outs. "We are here for not only the children of Chicago. The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) are at the center of a power struggle between Illinois' Republican Governor Bruce Rauner, who wants to weaken unions and take control of the district, and union-backed Democrats who control the state legislature.

Latest: Teachers shut down some Chicago streets for rally Posted: 01 Apr 2016 03:00 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on Chicago teachers staging a one-day walkout to protest budget cuts (all times local):

Chicago teachers launch one-day strike in call for funding Posted: 01 Apr 2016 02:02 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago teachers took to picket lines Friday in a one-day strike they said was aimed at getting lawmakers to adequately fund schools in the nation's third-largest district.

Q&A: Chicago teachers strike for 1 day over budget Posted: 01 Apr 2016 01:55 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of Chicago teachers walked off the job for one day on Friday, shutting down schools in the nation's third-largest district in what could be an early glimpse of a more prolonged strike still to come.

Students want Notre Dame to revoke Cosby's honorary degree Posted: 01 Apr 2016 01:17 PM PDT SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Student leaders at the University of Notre Dame want the administration to revoke an honorary degree awarded to comedian Bill Cosby in 1990.

How the CIA 'inadvertently' left explosive material on a school bus Posted: 01 Apr 2016 12:47 PM PDT With the material still sitting in the engine compartment, the bus was then used to ferry elementary and high school students to and from school Monday and Tuesday, according to the CIA and law enforcement officials in Loudoun County, Va. On Thursday, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office and the CIA said in statements that the explosive material, which the agency says posed no danger to passengers on the bus, had been left behind following a training exercise at Briar Woods High School.

CIA left inert explosives on school bus after exercise Posted: 01 Apr 2016 10:29 AM PDT The inactive explosives were discovered in the engine compartment when the Loudoun County Public Schools bus was undergoing maintenance, the Central Intelligence Agency said in a statement on Thursday. A CIA canine team left the inert explosives behind after a detection exercise held at a high school during spring break, it said. The school district in the Washington suburb said the materials were aboard the bus on Monday and Tuesday when it carried elementary and high school students.

Illinois cannot block Chicago school borrowing: legal opinion Posted: 01 Apr 2016 10:22 AM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Illinois State Board of Education lacks the authority to block the cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools from borrowing, according to the state attorney general. In an opinion dated Thursday, Attorney General Lisa Madigan concluded that the nation's third-largest public school system is excluded from provisions in Illinois law allowing the state board to demand a financial plan from financially struggling school districts and prevent new debt issuance. (Reporting By Karen Pierog; Editing by Chris Reese)

Chicago teachers have worked without a contract since July. Why strike now? Posted: 01 Apr 2016 09:11 AM PDT At the heart of the issue is a new labor contract, which has been under negotiation since a larger union bargaining team rejected the initial proposal from The Chicago Teachers Union. Since June 30, 2015, nearly 27,000 members of the teachers union have been working without a contract. Illinois and its public school systems currently face significant financial hardship.

Study Big Data Through Online Learning Posted: 01 Apr 2016 06:00 AM PDT It was the desire for a degree in the field that drove John Cook, an analyst at Marriott International, to online education about two years ago. The 32-year-old Maryland resident wanted to gain a more in-depth knowledge of data analytics and decided to pursue his master's online through the University of Maryland University College. The flexibility of online learning, Cook says, allows him to balance work and family responsibilities with an education that can ultimately boost his career.

In soccer-mad Brazil, fencing targets young fans for Olympics Posted: 01 Apr 2016 04:08 AM PDT By Sergio Moraes RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Forget Neymar and Pele. Children in Rio de Janeiro are lifting their sights and their swords to new idols as a round of fencing workshops takes to public schools. The International Fencing Federation (FIE), together with Brazilian and state federations, will reach 40 public schools in March and April, visiting two each day.

WIDER IMAGE-In soccer-mad Brazil, fencing targets young fans for Olympics Posted: 01 Apr 2016 04:00 AM PDT By Sergio Moraes RIO DE JANEIRO, April 1 (Reuters) - Forget Neymar and Pele. Children in Rio de Janeiro are lifting their sights and their swords to new idols as a round of fencing workshops takes to public schools. The International Fencing Federation (FIE), together with Brazilian and state federations, will reach 40 public schools in March and April, visiting two each day.

The Court Ruling That Could End the Student Loan Crisis Posted: 01 Apr 2016 03:15 AM PDT An obscure ruling in a U.S. bankruptcy court last week should totally revolutionize the way we finance higher education in America. The case concerned Lesley Campbell, a graduate of the Pace University School of Law in 2009, who took out a $15,000 "bar study loan" with Citibank so she could pay living expenses while preparing for the state bar exam and taking a test-prep course. It's one of the few areas of the student loan business where private lenders still dominate, after the federal government eliminated banker middlemen on undergraduate and graduate-school loans.

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