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• Junk-rated Chicago school system seeks $1 billion bond sales
• 3 High School Graduation Figures Educators Should Know
• Hong Kong jury to see 'torture' video as British banker's trial begins

Junk-rated Chicago school system seeks $1 billion bond sales Posted: 24 Oct 2016 11:19 AM PDT The junk-rated Chicago Public Schools will be selling up to $1 billion of new and refunding bonds pending approval of its governing board later this week. The nation's third-largest public school system wants to issue up to $840 million of general obligation bonds to fund capital improvements using a $45 million property tax hike approved by the Chicago City Council last year. The district also seeks to refund up to $160 million of older bonds, according to the agenda released on Monday for the Chicago Board of Education's Wednesday meeting.

3 High School Graduation Figures Educators Should Know Posted: 24 Oct 2016 05:00 AM PDT Previous generations may have been able to get a manufacturing job without a high school diploma and still have a middle-class life, but that doesn't exist anymore, says Bob Balfanz, director of the Everyone Graduates Center at John Hopkins University, which is working to help get all students to graduate. "The fact that the nation's graduation rate continues to go up is important because it means more kids are better prepared and have a better shot at a successful life," he says. New graduation rate data was released last week and more students are finishing high school than ever before.

Hong Kong jury to see 'torture' video as British banker's trial begins Posted: 24 Oct 2016 02:07 AM PDT By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong judge warned jurors that they will have to view video filmed by former British banker Rurik Jutting of the torture and vicious killing of two Indonesian women he is accused of murdering as the trial got under way on Monday. Jutting, who studied at Cambridge University and Winchester College, one of Britain's most prestigious private schools, pleaded not guilty to murder on grounds of "diminished responsibility". During the jury selection, Deputy High Court Judge Michael Stuart-Moore warned potential jurors that if they were unable to cope with viewing extreme violence they should not take part.

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