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• More states sue Obama administration over transgender directive
• Should Pre-K Teachers Be Earning Poverty Wages?
• Correction: University-Freshman Profiling story

More states sue Obama administration over transgender directive Posted: 08 Jul 2016 01:54 PM PDT Ten states including Nebraska, Michigan and Ohio sued the Obama administration on Friday, saying the federal government does not have the power to tell states that transgender people must be allowed to use public bathrooms that conform with their gender identity. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, takes issue with a May 13 letter sent by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education to states warning them that they could lose federal funding if they required transgender people to use bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex. The lawsuit says the Obama administration's move was an attempt to rewrite federal civil rights laws that do not apply to transgender people.

Should Pre-K Teachers Be Earning Poverty Wages? Posted: 08 Jul 2016 10:38 AM PDT "Brains are literally shaped by the process of thinking," said Megan Gunnar, a child development professor at the University of Minnesota, in a press call announcing the study. If the U.S. hopes to compete in a highly educated global workforce, "we need a highly trained, highly educated workforce," and that starts in preschool and child care, Gunnar said. Given that, "I do not know how I can convince people to get trained, take out loans, get a bachelor's degree, and then go out and make minimum wage" and struggle to earn a living.

Correction: University-Freshman Profiling story Posted: 08 Jul 2016 08:56 AM PDT EMMITSBURG, Md. (AP) — In a story July 8 about Mount St. Mary's University, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Richard Pokrass is a spokesman for Mount St. Mary's University. Pokrass is a spokesman for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, not the university.

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