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AP - Computer networking systems maker 3Com Corp. said Wednesday that it received a three-year contract with the Department of Education and Training in Australia's Northern Territory to supply schools.
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AP - The Kansas City school board is facing a stark choice: close nearly half its public schools or face a potential bankruptcy.
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AP - Math and English instruction in the United States moved a step closer to uniform — and more rigorous — standards Wednesday as draft new national guidelines were released.
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AP - Governors and state education leaders are proposing a new set of standards to define what should be taught in the nation's public schools, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
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AP - Texas' state education board, rocked by primary elections that may push the influential panel's far-right leanings toward the center, is set to take its first vote on a new social studies curriculum that could reverberate in classrooms nationwide.
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AP - The West Virginia Department of Education has awarded a contract to a Texas company to improve its food service operations at schools across the state.
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AP - A police officer in Brooklyn has fatally shot a man who the NYPD says was brandishing a fake pistol near a school.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Education Secretary Arne Duncan signaled Monday the Obama administrationâs intention to step up enforcement of civil rights laws that apply to schools and colleges, many of which are often ignored.
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AP - Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday the federal government will become more vigilant to make sure students have equal access and opportunity to everything ranging from college prep classes to science and engineering programs.
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AP - The U.S. beverage industry has largely stopped delivering sugary drinks to schools and has replaced them with lower-calorie options, the head of the industry's trade association said Monday.
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Reuters - Washington Post Co said in a regulatory filing last week that the Department of Education in September began a "program review" of part of its education unit. The news was earlier reported by Barron's publication.
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AP - U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will meet with students as planned at Montgomery's Robert E. Lee High School, despite a state legislator's call to cancel the appearance.
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AP - Recent bias incidents at University of California campuses:
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AP - Swastikas, nooses, a KKK hood, graffiti, epithets and jeers.
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AP - Home-school mom Susan Mule wishes she hadn't taken a friend's advice and tried a textbook from a popular Christian publisher for her 10-year-old's biology lessons.
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AP - A racially charged debate over school busing in North Carolina has turned even uglier after an education official referred to proponents of a diversity program as "animals out of the cages."
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AP - Anger over increasing tuition and school budget cuts boiled over as students across the country staged rowdy demonstrations that led to clashes with police and the rush-hour shutdown of a major freeway in California.
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AP - A boy hurt in last month's Colorado school shooting is out of the hospital and praising the teacher who saved his life.
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AFP - Students clashed with baton-wielding police as thousands took to the streets across California in mostly peaceful protests against cuts in education spending.
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AP - A major San Francisco Bay area freeway has been shut down in both directions by college students protesting budget cuts at California campuses.
