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The Los Angeles Unified District is replacing the entire staff of Miramonte Elementary School in the wake of the arrests last week of two teachers on lewd conduct charges, The Los Angeles Times reports. Read more
The Chicago school system is lifting a ban on YouTube as part of its efforts to expand digital learning in the classroom, The Chicago Tribune reports. Read more
The California legislature has restored $248 million for bus transportation that small and rural school districts say is crucial for students who live far from school, The Los Angeles Times reports. Read more
The Philadelphia school system has eliminated 91 police officer positions, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports, which means that 100 schools in the city are without an assigned police officer. Read more.
A cancer survivor who was suspended from a Michigan charter high school over the length of his hair will transfer to another public school, The Detroit News reports. Read more
As part of its effort to teach racial tolerance, Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich., plans to open an expanded $1.3 million Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia next month, mlive.com reports. Read more
In light of the secrecy that played a role in the sexual abuse scandal at Penn State University, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has told university officials that the school must be prepared to abide by the full-disclosure requirements of the state's open-records law, The Harrisburg Patriot-News reports. Read more
Yale University's first-ever report compiling all sexual misconduct complaints from across the university states that 52 cases of sexual harassment, assault or other misconduct were brought to Yale officials between July 1 and Dec. 31 of last year, The Yale Daily News reports. Read more
The University of Vermont has announced it is ending the sale of bottled water on its campus in Burlington. Read more
The Cleveland school district has won approval from the city's Landmarks Commission to tear down the 80-year-old John Marshall High School building, The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Read more
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Stats Corner
Source: The Chicago Sun-Times and the Better Government Association
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2012 Educational Interiors Showcase Call For Entries
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Construction Corner
The Moss Point (Miss.) district has broken ground on a middle school that will replace a facility destroyed in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina, The Biloxi Sun-Herald says. Read more.
Two years after Dana College in Blair, Neb., closed its doors, the campus may be reborn as an institute for environmental efficiency, The Omaha World-Herald says. Read more
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AS&U Resources
The outlook for schools and universities is about the same as it has been for a few years. A slow, uncertain economic recovery has improved finances in some parts of the country, but for others, further cuts may be needed. But in any case, education administrators have to be optimistic what they may be able to accomplish and be prepared for what might turn out to be a grim reality...
Read the entire article,"Outlook 2012".
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Some education institutions, hard-pressed because of budget cuts, are considering renting cleaning equipment on an as-needed basis instead of buying it. The reasons for this go beyond possible cost savings. But before managers decide to follow the renting route, they should know more about the upsides and downsides of renting professional cleaning equipment....
Read the entire article, "The School Maintenance Rental Option."
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Calendar
Feb. 13-16: Association of Community College Trustees, Community College National Legislative Summit, Washington, D.C.
Feb. 15-17: School Safety Advocacy Council, National Conference on Bullying,
Orlando, Fla.
Feb. 16-19: American Association of School Administrators, 2012 National Conference on Education, Houston
For more upcoming education-related events and conferences, visit our online calendar.
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