Economy Threatens Education Funding (Washington Post)
It was a good ride while it lasted. But for the Prince George's County school system and the Maryland General Assembly, the days of easy money for public education are over.
China official urges education to stem terrorism (AP via Yahoo! News)
Rocked by a fresh outbreak of anti-government violence, officials in China's far western Xinjiang region are urging expanded free education to staunch support for Islamic separatists.
Florida ranked No. 10 in nation for quality of education (Miami Herald)
Florida ranks 10th in the nation in overall quality of education, according to the annual report card released by Education Week on Wednesday.
Education level linked to risk of preterm birth (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Pregnant women with low levels of education are nearly twice as likely as their more educated peers to give birth prematurely, researchers from the Netherlands report.
D. Kent King, state education chief, dies at age 65 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
JEFFERSON CITY — D. Kent King, the state education commissioner who raised the bar for thousands of Missouri students, died Wednesday at his home in Rolla after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 65.
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