School Closing

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• The Irish Independent

  Thornton takes leading role

  Simon Thornton is the best-placed Irish player heading into the closing round of the European Tour's qualifying school stage two in Spain.

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• Press and Journal

  McLean leads qualifying challenge

  ALAN McLean leads the Scottish challenge heading into the closing round of the European Tour's Qualifying School Stage 2 in Spain.

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• The Guardian

  Sats could go by 2012, says Ed Balls

  Schools secretary accepts headteachers' proposal for greater emphasis to be placed on teacher assessment

  Sats tests, taken by more than 600,000 primary school pupils every year, could be scrapped as soon as 2012 und

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• The Daily Advertiser

  School's progress honored

  An Iberia Parish elementary school has been recognized for closing the achievement gap between white and minority students, the state Department of Education announced Friday.

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• Indianapolis Star

  Finances may force Lawrence to close a school

  Lawrence Township School Board members on Monday night will discuss how to cut $3 million from the district's budget, a challenge that might include closing an elementary or middle school.

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• The Observer

  Queen's Speech gets the Mumsnet treatment

  Mumsnetters are being described as the next election's swing voters. So what did they make of the Queen's Speech?

  Some political pundits have described next year's big political battle as the Mumsnet election, claim

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• The Observer

  Universities plan job losses in response to looming public spending cuts

  Unions are up in arms over planned job cuts at universities as managers anticipate reduced funding

  Boom times look to be over for universities as managers plan thousands of job losses to respond to looming public spending

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• The Guardian

  US plans to seek death penalty against 9/11 suspects

  President Barack Obama today announced that the five suspects will be tried in a civilian court in New York

  The United States will seek the death penalty against the five men accused of planning the September 11 attacks, w

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