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Survey: States predict more dollars for education (AP)
AP - The Center on Education Policy says after last school year's rough budget cuts for schools, states are predicting a brighter outlook on spending for K-12 this school year.
As colleges obsess over rankings, students shrug (AP)
AP - When US News & World Report debuted its list of "America's Best Colleges" nearly 30 years ago, the magazine hoped its college rankings would be a game-changer for students and families. But arguably, they've had a much bigger effect on colleges themselves.
Brown U. student uncovers lost Malcolm X speech (AP)
AP - The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America's top diplomats.
Year-over-year jobs data by race and education (AP)
AP - Year-over-year jobs data by race and education
Former Ala. professor's lawyers want trial delayed (AP)
AP - Lawyers for a former Alabama professor accused of killing three colleagues during a faculty meeting want a state appeals court to delay her March trial because officials haven't paid for expert witnesses or testing by a neurologist.
Some colleges cut tuition, hasten graduation (Reuters)
Reuters - Even before President Barack Obama announced plans last month to push colleges to improve affordability, a number of schools beat him to the punch by lowering tuition and helping students graduate in fewer semesters.
AP source: Facebook IPO won't affect Newark pledge (AP)
AP - Facebook's public stock offering apparently will not affect its company co-founder's pledge of shares worth $100 million to the Newark, N.J., school system.
Sallie Mae will credit $50 fee to suspend payments (AP)
AP - Private student lender Sallie Mae is changing how it handles a fee it charges struggling borrowers who seek to temporarily suspend payments.
Summary Box: Sallie Mae changes policy on loan fee (AP)
AP - THE NEWS: Private student lender Sallie Mae is changing how it handles a fee that struggling borrowers must pay to temporarily suspend payments.
Lawmakers delay hearing on school trans fat ban (AP)
AP - The nation's leanest state is taking its sweet time as it considers a proposal aimed at getting junk food out of schools.
Stomach illness strikes 300 San Francisco students (Reuters)
Reuters - A Jesuit high school in San Francisco was closed for the rest of the week on Wednesday after about 300 students and 30 faculty were stricken by a stomach ailment marked by nausea and vomiting, officials there said.
When Charter Schools Fail: Crackdown Can Disrupt Students (Time.com)
Time.com - States are closing subpar charter schools, but shuttling students back to mediocre public schools may be doing kids more harm than good
Suspect in Utah school bomb plot charged (AP)
AP - Authorities on Tuesday charged a 16-year-old boy with a felony in what they say was a plot to detonate a bomb at a Utah high school.
Authorities probe use of seclusion rooms for disabled (Reuters)
Reuters - Federal and state investigators are probing reports that disabled children at a public elementary school in Connecticut were locked in a room to control their behavior or as a punishment, officials said on Tuesday.
$173,000 in fees sought in RI prayer banner case (AP)
AP - Lawyers for the 16-year-old Rhode Island atheist who sued over a prayer banner displayed at a public high school are asking a court to order the city of Cranston to pay $173,000 in attorneys' fees.
Education: States should do more to reach students (AP)
AP - In its initial review of No Child Left Behind waiver requests, the U.S. Education Department highlighted a similar weakness in nearly every application: States did not do enough to ensure schools would be held accountable for the performance of all students.
Suggestions to Fix Higher Education (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to Time.com, President Barack Obama has a tough road ahead in convincing colleges and universities to lower tuition rates and increasing infrastructure costs for schools.
Michigan School District Files Lawsuit, Forms Coalition to Block EFM (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - Highland Park (Mich.) School District, which was placed under the auspices of an emergency financial manager on Monday, announced the formation of a coalition designed to oppose state control and decide upon alternative measures, according to Michigan Radio.
Charter Schools -- Unsafe Pressure-Release Valves We Don't Need (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Sarah Butrymowicz on Time.com reports about myriad difficulties facing charter schools and the families of their students when those schools are forced to close. Charter schools are defined in as schools that "get public funds but operate without usual bureaucratic constraints." The purpose, to be sure, is noble: Help students who are not thriving in traditional public schools pursue academic success in smaller, more supportive environments.
19-year-old dies in fall from Park City chairlift (AP)
AP - A 19-year-old University of Utah student likely suffered a medical episode before she fell from a popular Park City ski resort and died, an official said Monday.

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