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• Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of 2 college students
• After UCLA shooting, should colleges fear guns on campuses?
• Slovakia's youth flirt with fascism. A failure of education?
• 6 Questions to Ask About Flexibility in Online Degree Programs
• Portland parents decry officials over lead in school water
• Kansas lawmakers do not act on school funding as deadline looms
• Obama says transgender bathroom directive based on law

Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of 2 college students Posted: 02 Jun 2016 02:16 PM PDT BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A man accused of starting a shootout that killed two Southern University students was arrested on murder charges Thursday, although police don't believe he fired the deadly shots.

After UCLA shooting, should colleges fear guns on campuses? Posted: 02 Jun 2016 01:17 PM PDT After a former graduate student killed a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and took his own life Wednesday, professors and gun rights advocates are highlighting one aspect of the concealed carry debate, with both sides saying their stance could save lives: whether licensed carry holders should be able to bring their weapons on campus, and into faculty offices in particular. Opponents, including university staff, say allowing guns into professors' offices will put them in danger of being alone with a disgruntled, armed student, which was reportedly the case on the southern California campus. "If this premeditated shooting at UCLA calls any policies or laws into question, it is the policies and laws denying law-abiding professors the means to defend themselves where they're most vulnerable," Students for Concealed Carry said in a statement it shared with The Christian Science Monitor.

Slovakia's youth flirt with fascism. A failure of education? Posted: 02 Jun 2016 01:05 PM PDT Roman Balko, a high school teacher in central Slovakia, quit his job last year, but not because he was burnt out from the lessons on civics that he gave for 22 years. "If there was more practical education about democracy and about democratic principles, this would help counter extremism," says Mr. Balko, who in October formed a nongovernmental organization called Teachers for European Union Slovakia (TEUS) to push for better teaching of democracy and European ideals in schools. In mock elections carried out in February with 6,000 high school students across the country, the extreme right People's Party Our Slovakia (L'SNS) came in second.

6 Questions to Ask About Flexibility in Online Degree Programs Posted: 02 Jun 2016 06:30 AM PDT For Dana Thompson, who lives in the Washington, D.C. area, finding an online master's program in social work that was flexible enough to supplement her life outside the classroom was key. The 50-year-old -- who ultimately enrolled in MSW@USC, the online graduate social work program offered through the University of Southern California -- turned to online learning because her husband was active in the military, and they moved often.

Portland parents decry officials over lead in school water Posted: 02 Jun 2016 12:52 AM PDT PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In a city well known for its green activism, an environmental threat has bubbled up in an unexpected place: the drinking water at some public schools.

Kansas lawmakers do not act on school funding as deadline looms Posted: 01 Jun 2016 11:03 PM PDT Both chambers of the Republican-controlled legislature adjourned until January on Wednesday afternoon, five days after the state's high court gave lawmakers until June 30 to fix funding disparities between rich and poor districts or face a shutdown of the state's public schools. Republican Governor Sam Brownback vowed in a statement to work with the state's attorney general and legislative leadership, but did not say whether he would call a special session of the state legislature this summer to tackle the funding issue and looming deadline. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that some Republicans said they believe appropriating an additional $40 million for public schools would satisfy the court's order, while other Republicans said they needed time to review the rule and consider their next steps.

Obama says transgender bathroom directive based on law Posted: 01 Jun 2016 06:22 PM PDT President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the decision to direct public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choice was based on the law and the best interests of the children. Speaking at a town hall event broadcast by the PBS television network, Obama, a Democrat, said the federal government waded into the controversial issue after school districts asked the Education Department for guidance. Republicans have blasted the directive as executive branch overreach, and more than a dozen states have sued the Obama administration to block it.

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