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It isn't called a "doomsday" budget for nothing: Philadelphia's School Reform Commission approved a budget this week that includes cuts so drastic that if they are implemented, schools will be forced to open in the fall without funding for things such as paper, new books, athletics, arts, music, counselors and more.

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Teach For America founder Wendy Kopp actually published the following tweet on the same day that Philadelphia's School Reform Commission approved a budget without funding for things such as paper, new books, athletics, arts, music, counselors, assistant principals and more.

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Yes, there is an official U.S. government position on mermaids and the existence thereof.

Mermaids were in the news in recent days after Animal Planet broadcast a show called "Mermaids: The New Evidence," a follow-up to last year's "Mermaids: The Body Found." The new show earned the station its largest audience ever, my colleague Lisa de Moraes reported here. And, of course, that means Animal Planet won't leave the subject alone and is now considering the next twist in the story.

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US - CA - Palo Alto, Political Science Department - Full TimeReporting to the Administrative Services Manager, this position manages communication projects both internal and external to the department. The administrator

The winning word in the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night was, as it turned out, "knaidel," a Jewish version of a dumpling.The boy who got it right -- on his fourth successive appearance in the national event -- was Arvind Mahankali, a 13-year-old eighth-grader from Bayside Hills, N.Y.

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Because of the high cost, some colleges do a lot more than others to find and enroll low-income students, which critics of race-based affirmative action see as a way to encourage diversity.    

School officials in Calvert County ruled Friday that a kindergarten boy suspended for taking his cowboy-style cap gun onto a school bus may return to school Monday, according to the child’s family and a lawyer.

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An investigation of three midshipmen has gone on for more than a year amid growing controversy over military sexual assaults.    

In the 181,500-student Fairfax County school district, students with disabilities represent about 14 percent of the enrollment but are involved in about 40 percent of all discipline cases, according to school officials.

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Mayor Vincent C. Gray is set to introduce legislation that would give the D.C. schools chancellor authority to approve new charter schools, a measure meant to improve academic options in long-struggling neighborhoods.

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The plan would make Camden the fourth system under state control since the controversial strategy was first used nearly 25 years ago.

President Obama’s remarks in the Rose Garden came as Democrats and Republicans differ on how to stop the rate for federally subsidized student loans from rising on July 1.    

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US - CA - Irvine, School of Social SciencesDepartment of AnthropologyPosition: Lecturer, PSOEThe Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, seeks to fill a Lecturer with Potential Security of