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• Chicago Public Schools sue over 'discriminatory' state funding
• Parents, daughter agree to drop college payment-tuition case
• Quaker school suspends 2 teachers over Palestinian speaker
• Parents, daughter agree to drop college payment-tuition case
• Parents, daughter agree to drop college payment-tuition case
• LGBT groups urge Trump administration to keep Obama transgender policy
• Secretly recorded comments lead to teachers' reprimand
• How to Research Colleges as an Average Student
• 10 Colleges Where Joining Student Clubs Is Easy

Chicago Public Schools sue over 'discriminatory' state funding Posted: 14 Feb 2017 02:49 PM PST The Chicago Public Schools sued Illinois on Tuesday claiming the state's method of education funding discriminates against its largely black and Hispanic student body. The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, uses the state's Civil Rights Act to seek to invalidate Illinois' school funding system. The district wants to avoid the fate of previous school funding lawsuits that faltered in Illinois, which like CPS is reeling from deep financial problems.

Parents, daughter agree to drop college payment-tuition case Posted: 14 Feb 2017 02:18 PM PST CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man says he and his ex-wife are working to repair their relationship with their 23-year-old daughter after a state appeals court ruled the parents cannot be forced to pay her college tuition.

Quaker school suspends 2 teachers over Palestinian speaker Posted: 14 Feb 2017 01:34 PM PST WYNNEWOOD, Pa. (AP) — Two teachers at a Quaker school outside Philadelphia have been suspended over fallout from a Palestinian speaker's invitation to a school club they supervised.

Parents, daughter agree to drop college payment-tuition case Posted: 14 Feb 2017 12:49 PM PST CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A father says he and his ex-wife are working to repair their relationship with their estranged daughter after a state appeals court ruled the parents cannot be forced to pay her college tuition.

Parents, daughter agree to drop college payment-tuition case Posted: 14 Feb 2017 12:49 PM PST CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A father says he and his ex-wife are working to repair their relationship with their estranged daughter after a state appeals court ruled the parents cannot be forced to pay her college tuition.

LGBT groups urge Trump administration to keep Obama transgender policy Posted: 14 Feb 2017 10:28 AM PST Alarmed at the U.S. Justice Department's retreat from a full defense of transgender rights, four advocacy groups have urged the Trump administration to maintain Obama era guidance to public schools on protecting transgender students. Advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights sent a letter dated Monday to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, urging them to preserve guidance sent to public schools last year.

Secretly recorded comments lead to teachers' reprimand Posted: 14 Feb 2017 09:54 AM PST BANGOR, Mich. (AP) — Six southwestern Michigan teachers have been reprimanded and a school secretary has resigned after they were secretly videoed joking about which co-workers they would marry, have sex with or kill.

How to Research Colleges as an Average Student Posted: 14 Feb 2017 07:45 AM PST Community colleges can be great options, but they aren't the only option for high school students with average grades who want to pursue a college degree after graduation. Most top-ranked, well-known institutions may be out of reach, but C students can find welcoming and supportive institutions -- especially if they're willing to consider unfamiliar options. "I think getting away from the brand name is important and very, very hard," says Marissa Warren, a school counselor at Yorktown High School in New York.

10 Colleges Where Joining Student Clubs Is Easy Posted: 14 Feb 2017 06:00 AM PST The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: College, The Short List: Grad School and The Short List: Online Programs to find data that matter to you in your college or grad school search.

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