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• Texas probes charter school system after Turkish complaint
• Cash-strapped Chicago schools pay big premium in $150 million bond deal
• Teen wants to plead guilty, mentally ill in school stabbings
• Turkish universities feel force of purge
• 10 Side Hustles for Busy College Students
• U.S. Presidents Who Were Leaders Of Colleges
• Using a Diary Cam, One Man Records His Coming Out as Transgender

Texas probes charter school system after Turkish complaint Posted: 29 Jul 2016 04:16 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is investigating a charter school system that the Turkish government claims has ties to a moderate Islamic cleric it's accused of inspiring a military coup attempt.

Cash-strapped Chicago schools pay big premium in $150 million bond deal Posted: 29 Jul 2016 03:02 PM PDT Chicago's cash-starved public schools borrowed $150 million to pay for capital projects in a privately placed deal with a yield of 7.25 percent, the nation's third largest school district announced on Friday. The 30-year bonds were priced 513 basis points over Municipal Market Data's benchmark triple-A scale, indicating Chicago Public Schools continues to pay a big penalty to sell debt. The system said the unlimited tax general obligation bonds that mature in December 2046 would not be used to balance CPS' budget.

Teen wants to plead guilty, mentally ill in school stabbings Posted: 29 Jul 2016 02:41 PM PDT PITTSBURGH (AP) — A teen who slashed and stabbed 20 fellow high school students and a security guard wants to plead guilty but mentally ill.

Turkish universities feel force of purge Posted: 29 Jul 2016 12:34 PM PDT With deans forced to resign and academics in custody or dismissed, Turkish universities are among the hardest-hit targets of the purge launched after the failed coup. Days after the attempted overthrow of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, authorities shut down 15 private universities and demanded that 1,577 deans resign -- an earthquake for the higher education sector. Turkey has enforced a three-month state of emergency and is determined to weed out all influence of the reclusive US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom it accuses of orchestrating the July 15 putsch.

10 Side Hustles for Busy College Students Posted: 29 Jul 2016 10:11 AM PDT Side hustles are a bit different than typical jobs in that you've got some flexibility in where, when and how you work. Side hustle jobs can help college students make some serious cash to pay for whichever financial needs they have knocking at their dorm room door.

U.S. Presidents Who Were Leaders Of Colleges Posted: 29 Jul 2016 05:30 AM PDT The Presidents Who Were Presidents

Using a Diary Cam, One Man Records His Coming Out as Transgender Posted: 29 Jul 2016 02:45 AM PDT Like many teens growing up, Daniel Golden tried to fit in with his peers by emulating Hollywood depictions of high school students. For him, that meant imitating Mean Girls character Regina George by wearing short skirts and heavy makeup—and starting a lot of drama.

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