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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is eyeing the nutritional content of foods sold in school apart from highly regulated lunches and breakfasts.

Chandler Buckingham, a student at Rogers High School in Rogers, Ark., said she was “blessed beyond belief” after receiving a financial aid letter from one of her top-choice universities.    

Why do you think people get tattoos? Why do you think people remove tattoos?    

What is your reaction to the two different fatal explosions in the news this week — the bombings at the Boston Marathon and the disaster in West, Texas?    

Can you unscramble these four sentences?    

Republicans have launched an attack on the Common Core State Standards, an initiative that more than 45 states and the District of Columbia signed onto but that has been facing increasing opposition in recent months from both right and left.

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Ken Wagner, who oversees testing for the New York State Education Department, said that he worried that parents’ concerns were rubbing off on children and hurting their confidence.    

This word has appeared in 58 New York Times article in the past year.    

Mary Sue Coleman, the president of the University of Michigan since 2002, announced Thursday that she would retire in July 2014, when her contract expires.    

Swarthmore and Occidental Colleges joined the list of elite institutions accused of mistreating victims of sexual assault and harassment, and more accusations may be forthcoming.    

Chancellor Kaya Henderson and members of the D.C. Council’s education committee agreed Thursday that no one knows for sure whether D.C. schools’ 2008 test scores were inflated because of cheating.

It’s a question that has never been fully investigated, they said at a hearing devoted to examining test security in the city’s schools. It is also a question that appears unlikely to be resolved now.

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As the University of Texas System faces accusations of micromanaging its flagship university, its chancellor said his strategic plan, widely praised after its 2011 introduction, remained on track.    

CHARLOTTESVILLE — The University of Virginia Board of Visitors voted Thursday to increase tuition for in-state undergraduates by 3.8 percent and for out-of-state students by 4.8 percent for the upcoming school year, meaning Virginians will pay about $450 more and out-of-state students will pay roughly $1,825 more at the state’s flagship public school.

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