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• Kansas also will challenge Obama transgender directive
• Kansas is latest U.S. state to challenge Obama transgender directive
• Did school leaders look the other way as teachers preyed?
• Trump's Newly Renovated Scottish Golf Course Reopens Amid Controversy
• Dowling College students prepare to leave at week's end
• Mexican teachers have heads forcibly shaved for not striking
• Romanian teachers protest in Bucharest, demand higher wages
• Oregon students get bottled water; lead found at 2 schools
• For-profit college students earn less than before they enrolled, study suggests

Kansas also will challenge Obama transgender directive Posted: 01 Jun 2016 03:39 PM PDT TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican-led Kansas will challenge in court the Obama administration's directive that public schools allow transgender students to use the restroom that matches their gender identity, the state's attorney general said Wednesday, although he has not yet decided whether to join a lawsuit by 11 other states or sue separately.

Kansas is latest U.S. state to challenge Obama transgender directive Posted: 01 Jun 2016 02:37 PM PDT Kansas vowed on Wednesday to sue the Obama administration over a directive telling U.S. public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identities. The announcement by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt made the state the 13th to wade into an acrimonious debate about the rights of transgender Americans. It comes a day after a federal appeals court refused to reconsider its ruling that gave a Virginia transgender high-school student access to the bathroom of his gender identity.

Did school leaders look the other way as teachers preyed? Posted: 01 Jun 2016 02:12 PM PDT PLUM, Pa. (AP) — The legal and emotional casualties keep piling up in a Pittsburgh suburb where two high school teachers have pleaded guilty to having sex with students, a third is awaiting trial and a fourth is charged with trying to intimidate one student victim by pointing her out in class.

Trump's Newly Renovated Scottish Golf Course Reopens Amid Controversy Posted: 01 Jun 2016 01:30 PM PDT A golf course resort in Scotland owned by Donald Trump is reopening today following a nearly $300 million renovation. Trump Turnberry has remodeled its bars and restaurants, as well as its 103 guest rooms. The presumptive Republican nominee, whose mother Mary MacLeod was born in Stornoway, Scotland, purchased the property in 2014.

Dowling College students prepare to leave at week's end Posted: 01 Jun 2016 10:34 AM PDT Students at Dowling College waited in long lines for their transcripts Wednesday after the school announced it was closing at the end of the week. The small liberal arts college on eastern Long Island ...

Mexican teachers have heads forcibly shaved for not striking Posted: 01 Jun 2016 08:36 AM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — A dissident faction of Mexico's teachers' union is under fire for publicly humiliating teachers and administrators who defied its strike.

Romanian teachers protest in Bucharest, demand higher wages Posted: 01 Jun 2016 06:26 AM PDT BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Thousands of Romanian teachers demonstrated Wednesday to demand higher salaries, rallying outside the government's main offices in Bucharest then marching through the capital.

Oregon students get bottled water; lead found at 2 schools Posted: 31 May 2016 10:14 PM PDT PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A third-party, independent investigation will be conducted after high amounts of lead were found in water sources at two schools, which led the district to close all water fountains, Portland Public Schools Superintendent Carole Smith said Tuesday.

For-profit college students earn less than before they enrolled, study suggests Posted: 31 May 2016 10:00 AM PDT Students who attended for-profit colleges to earn a certificate saw their earnings drop by about $920 a year after they left.

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