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{FD} Colorado school board set to end prominent voucher program
A new anti-voucher majority on a suburban Denver school district board prepared Monday to eliminate a program enacted by an earlier conservative-dominated board to help public school students attend secular and religious schools with taxpayer-funded vouchers.
{FD} Liz Weston: When good money advice is bad for you
Discussing economic class is tricky in America, but the working and middle classes face vastly different financial challenges than upper-income families, and the gaps are growing wider.
{FD} Catholic university in Oklahoma to close
The only Roman Catholic university in Oklahoma will close at the end of the fall semester because of financial difficulties.
{FD} John Grisham explores student loan debt in latest novel
“The Rooster Bar” (Doubleday), by John Grisham John Grisham explores student loan debt and the sharks that profit from it in his latest novel, “The Rooster Bar.” Mark, Todd, Zola and Gordy are students at a mediocre law school that doesn’t produce many successful lawyers.
{FD} NYC school staff salaries up $555M, ‘Occupy’ teacher gets over $300G, report says
School workers in the nation’s largest city took home a half-billion dollars more last year than they did the previous year, with the biggest paycheck going to a teacher who hasn’t been in a classroom regularly since November 2011.
{FD} Bruno Mars’ Grammy scholarship expands to include more kids
Bruno Mars is expanding his support of a Grammy scholarship for high school students.
{FD} Arizona university chairman slams lawsuit over tuition
The chairman of the Arizona Board of Regents says the board welcomes a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Mark Brnovich over steep increase in tuition.
{FD} Arizona university bosses sued for immigrant tuition
Arizona’s attorney general is suing the state university system over its decision to keep providing lower in-state tuition rates for immigrants granted deferred deportation status.
{FD} US consumer borrowing increased in July
American consumers borrowed more heavily in July, increasing their debt primarily in a category that includes auto and student loans.
Quads on the quad: Quadruplets begin colleges in Connecticut
Anna Ciacciarella put color-coded tape on all the desk lamps, mattress pads, notebooks and other dorm-room items as she and her three siblings prepared to move from the family home in Naugatuck to Quinnipiac University.
{FD} Suit threat won’t stop tuition offer for eligible immigrants
The Arizona Board of Regents says it won’t stop offering in-state tuition for eligible immigrants granted deferred deportation status despite threats of a lawsuit looming from the state’s attorney general.
{FD} Arizona regents to discuss possible action over court ruling
The Arizona Board of Regents has scheduled a special meeting Thursday about a court decision involving the state’s largest community college district.
{FD} College board to appeal ruling on immigrant student tuition
The state’s largest community college district will ask the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling saying young immigrants granted deferred deportation status are not eligible for lower in-state college tuition.
{FD} Supreme Court playground ruling feeds school voucher debate
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and other proponents of school voucher programs are praising a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said a Lutheran church was wrongly denied a state grant for its preschool playground.
{FD} The Latest: DeVos weighs in on Supreme Court church decision
The Latest on the Supreme Court ruling for a Missouri church (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is praising a Supreme Court decision that found the state of Missouri violated the First Amendment by denying public money to a church for a playground solely because of its religious status.
{FD} Top scholars rise above gang violence in suburban NY town
After a year that started with the killings of two schoolmates, about 1,200 seniors are preparing to graduate from high schools in Brentwood, Long Island.
{FD} Chicago Public Schools borrows $275M to fulfill pension duty
Chicago Public Schools says it has taken out a $275 million short-term loan so it can meet its obligations with the teachers’ pension fund by a June 30 deadline.
{FD} Arizona court overturns in-state tuition for DREAMers
The Arizona Court of Appeals says young immigrants granted deferred deportation status under a program started by former President Barack Obama are not eligible for lower in-state college tuition.
{FD} Indiana Christian school at center of LGBT voucher debate
The Lighthouse Christian Academy promises to provide an exemplary education, a caring atmosphere and service to God — but not for everyone.