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Suspension scaled back for boy, 5, who took cowboy-style cap gun on school bus

Education News from Washington Post - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 10:14pm

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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Naval Academy Shaken by Report of Rape and Inquiry

Education News from NY Times - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 8:56pm
An investigation of three midshipmen has gone on for more than a year amid growing controversy over military sexual assaults.    
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Fairfax County School Board reviews discipline policies for special needs students

Education News from Washington Post - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 7:39pm

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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D.C. mayor to seek chartering authority for schools chancellor

Education News from Washington Post - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 7:32pm

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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N.J. Moves to Take Over Another District

Education Week - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 3:27pm
The plan would make Camden the fourth system under state control since the controversial strategy was first used nearly 25 years ago.
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Obama Warns of Doubling of Student Loan Rates

Education News from NY Times - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 3:24pm
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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Lecturer | University of California, Irvine

Latest Job Postings - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 1:25pm
US - CA - Irvine, School of Social SciencesInternational StudiesPosition: Lecturer The Social Science Undergraduate Studies Office is establishing a pool of qualified applicants as Lecturers to teach courses in Int
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Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment (PSOE) | University of California, Irvine

Latest Job Postings - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 1:25pm
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
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Professor TT | University of California, Irvine

Latest Job Postings - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 1:25pm
US - CA - Irvine, School of HumanitiesDepartment of Film and Media StudiesDigital Media CulturePosition: Assistant Professor Tenure-trackThe Department of Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Ir
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Professor Series - Regular Ranks | University of California, Irvine

Latest Job Postings - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 1:25pm
US - CA - Irvine, Claire TrevorSchool of the ArtsDepartment of Studio ArtElectronic and Art Design3229 Art Culture and TechnologyIrvine, CA 92697-2775Position: Assistant Professor, Tenure-TrackThe Department of Studi
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Lecturer | University of California, Irvine

Latest Job Postings - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 1:25pm
US - CA - Irvine, School of Social Sciences Department of EconomicsVariousPosition: Temporary Part-time Lecturers The Department of Economics is currently accepting applications for temporary part-time Lectu
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Director of Education | Associated Builders and Contractors of Mid Tennessee

Latest Job Postings - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 1:06pm
US - TN - Nashville,   Director of Education Position Summary:  Assocaited Builders and Contractors (ABC) Mid Tennessee Chapter is searching for a Director of Education.  This position
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Ore. teacher challenges students to think critically about history

NCSS Smartbrief - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 12:51pm
The Tulsa race riot of 1921 was unknown to students in the 11th-grade language arts class at Jefferson High School in Portlan -More
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Colo. middle-school students become young investors

NCSS Smartbrief - Fri, 05/31/2013 - 12:51pm
Under the guidance of finance and accounting students from the University of Colorado, students at Summit Middle School in Bo -More
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