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• Exclusive: State education chief opts against Chicago schools takeover
• Are we asking too much of US teachers? Poll reveals widespread frustration
• TOPS the priority as House lawmakers work on the budget
• Maryland gunman kills woman, wounds man offering aid at high school
• Chicago Teachers Union meeting ends without strike vote

Exclusive: State education chief opts against Chicago schools takeover Posted: 06 May 2016 03:53 PM PDT Chicago's cash-strapped public school district is not in sufficiently bad financial shape to warrant a state takeover, according to an Illinois State Board of Education staff report. Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner launched a probe of the nation's third-largest school system in February, contending it could lead to state oversight and a suspension of borrowing at debt-dependent Chicago Public Schools (CPS).

Are we asking too much of US teachers? Poll reveals widespread frustration Posted: 06 May 2016 11:36 AM PDT The poll, which was conducted by the advocacy organization Center on Education Policy, found that while teachers themselves may feel reasonably satisfied with the state of their own classroom, when it comes to the profession itself, the vast majority feel discontented and unheard by policymakers at both the state and national level. "The last decade has been a turbulent time for many teachers," Maria Ferguson, CEP's executive director, said in a press release.

TOPS the priority as House lawmakers work on the budget Posted: 06 May 2016 07:41 AM PDT BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As House lawmakers work to craft their version of next year's budget, House leaders say the main focus is on protecting the state's TOPS free college tuition program from cuts.

Maryland gunman kills woman, wounds man offering aid at high school Posted: 05 May 2016 06:23 PM PDT The Prince George's County Police Department said the "domestic-related homicide" occurred after 4:30 p.m. (1330 PDT) at High Point High School in the community of Beltsville, Maryland, about 15 miles northeast of Washington. Police Chief Henry Stawinski told an evening news conference that the deceased female and gunman "aren't strangers to one another," and that the injured man was shot after he tried to intervene in the fight between the woman and the gunman. Kevin Maxwell, chief executive officer of Prince George's County Public Schools, told reporters that no students were directly involved or harmed during the incident, though a number of them had witnessed portions of the shooting.

Chicago Teachers Union meeting ends without strike vote Posted: 04 May 2016 04:24 PM PDT Chicago teachers may not go on strike after all. The possibility of CPS teachers walking off the job tops the agenda of the union's meeting Wednesday.

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