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ALBANY, N.Y. — New York spent $17,173 per student for public education in 2007-08, more than any other state and 67% more than the U.S. average, according to U.S
SAN FRANCISCO – State education officials say the federal government has awarded $416 million to California to turn around dozens of its lowest public schools. Jack O’Connell , the state superintendent of public instruction, said Thursday that California received the money from the U.S.
LANSING, Mich. – Five members of the state’s largest teachers union have filed a lawsuit challenging part of Michigan’s new law related to the public school employee retirement system . The Michigan Education Association said Tuesday the class-action suit filed in a state court seeks to overturn a provision that requires school employees who don’t retire this summer to start paying an extra 3 percent of their compensation into a fund for retiree health care starting July 1.