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The Joplin (Mo.) school board has approved preliminary architectural renderings for a new Joplin High School to replace the facility destroyed last year in a tornado, The Joplin Globe reports. Read more
The New York City Panel for Educational Policy has voted to close 18 schools and eliminate the middle school grades at five others because of poor academic performance, The New York Times reports. Read more
Detroit school district officials say they plan to close 16 schools and offer four others as candidates to be turned into charter schools, The Detroit News reports. Read more
City and school officials in Philadelphia have reached a deal that will enable the district to keep some school buildings open for outside use on weekends and evenings, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Read more
Schools on military bases in the United States and abroad could face significant cuts if proposed massive U.S. Defense Department cuts go through next year, USA Today reports. Read more
The Medina Valley (Texas) Independent School District has agreed in a court settlement that its teachers, administrators and other employees will not pray with students, elicit prayer, proselytize or display religious artifacts, The Houston Chronicle reports. Read more
A lawsuit contends that the driver of a bus on which a Florida A&M University drum major was killed stood guard while the student was being hazed by fellow band members, The Orlando Sentinel reports. Read more
A 14-year-old boy was seriously wounded when he shot himself in the face in a cafeteria full of his classmates at a Walpole, N.H., elementary school, The Boston Globe reports. Read more
The former business manager for the Chokio-Alberta (Minn.) school district, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing about $300,000 from the district, The Morris Sun-Tribune reports.
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The Seminole County (Fla.) Commission says poor planning and overbuilding by the county school district has created a glut of classroom seats and unnecessary expenses that may force the district to close some schools, The Orlando Sentinel reports. Read more
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Construction Corner
The University of Tampa has broken ground on an 11-story residence hall that would enable hundreds of students living in a nearby hotel to move onto campus, The Tampa Bay Times reports. Read more.
Construction is ready to begin in Newark, N.J., on Teachers Village, a $150 million mixed-use development that will have three charter schools and more than 200 apartments for teachers, The Newark Star-Ledger says. Read more.
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AS&U Resources
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Read the entire article, "School Security Gap."
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Calendar
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
Feb. 20-22: Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH), Annual Conference, Sacramento, Calif.
For more upcoming education-related events and conferences, visit our online calendar.
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