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U.K. Education Secretary Ed Balls Holds Morley Seat for Labour

May 7 (Bloomberg) — U.K.

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House education panel approves one proposal for higher standards, rejects another

Louisiana high school students, with some exceptions, should not be able to drop out until they are 18, the House Education Committee decided Wednesday. File photoRep. Sam JonesThe move, which had no dissenters, sends House Bill 648 by Rep.

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House: No vote on consolidation of education departments

Jefferson City — The House Higher Education Committee will not vote this week on proposed constitutional amendments to combine the state’s two education departments.

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Education overhaul might get left behind, key lawmaker says

The chairman of the House subcommittee in charge of rewriting the No Child Left Behind Act said this week that lawmakers would be hard-pressed to pass a bill this year, despite assurances from other top lawmakers and a push from Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

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Education tax hike passes first hearing in Colo.

The House Education Committee backed a proposal Monday that would allow the state Legislature to raise taxes to pay for education, a plan Republicans say would violate the state constitutional limits on taxes and spending.

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Hundreds expected to protest education reform bills in Tampa

Hundreds of teachers, parents, students and local school officials are expected at a rally today protesting education reforms being touted in Tallahassee.

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Hundreds expected to protest education reform bills in Tampa

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Senate committee approves Alabama education budget

An Alabama Senate committee has approved an education budget that’s almost identical to the one that was approved by the House last week.

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House bill would boost education funding (The Globe Gazette)

DES MOINES — The House Monday approved an $844 million education appropriations bill to fund Iowa’s regent universities, community colleges, some K-12 school functions and preschool programs next school year.

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Republicans warn state budget doesn’t adequately fund education (The Globe Gazette)

DES MOINES — Republicans are warning there will be “pink slips and property tax increases” as a result of majority Democrats underfunding K-12 education by $167 million in the 2011 budget.

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Utah Legislature: Lawmakers break gridlock on education budget (Deseret News)

The Senate and the House appear to have reached an agreement on how to handle the public education budget — with the…

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