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• Early Glance: Education companies

  Career Education Corp. fell$. 05 or 1.5 percent, to $3.29. DeVry fell$. 18 or. 7 percent, to $25.44. Strayer Education Inc. fell$. 49 or. 9 percent, to $56.78.

• School turnarounds prompt community backlash

  "Our concern is that these reforms have further destabilized our communities," said Jitu Brown, education organizer of Chicago's Kenwood-Oakwood Community Organization. "

• To Curb Rape, Muslim Group Wants End to Co-Ed Schools

  

  Many Muslims are rejecting the suggestion made by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and argue that it runs counter to recent trends in the Indian Muslim community. The Christian Science Monitor reports.

• Final Glance: Education companies

  Apollo Group fell$. 22 or 1.1 percent, to $20.00. Career Education Corp. fell$. 12 or 3.5 percent, to $3.34. DeVry rose$. 45 or 1.8 percent, to $25.62.

• Midday Glance: Education companies

  Apollo Group fell$. 20 or 1.0 percent, to $20.02. Career Education Corp. fell$. 14 or 4.0 percent, to $3.32. DeVry rose$. 19 or. 8 percent, to $25.36.

• Nevada Supreme Court upholds tax initiative

  CARSON CITY, Nev.-- The Nevada Supreme Court thrust the discussion about taxes onto state lawmakers Thursday, upholding a business tax proposal backed by the state teachers union and other labor groups and sending it to the 2013 Legislature.

• Early Glance: Education companies

  Apollo Group rose$. 37 or 1.8 percent, to $20.59. Career Education Corp. rose$. 01 or. 1 percent, to $3.46. DeVry rose$. 26 or 1.0 percent, to $25.43.

• Kan. House passes bill on public employee unions

  TOPEKA, Kan.-- The top Democrat in the Kansas Senate warned Thursday that there would be a "firestorm of protests" if senators follow the state House and approve a measure restricting political fundraising by public employee unions and teachers. Similar legislation cleared the House in 2011 but died in the Senate.

• New York's 'Hizzoner' Ed Koch Dead at 88

  

  Edward I. Koch, the master showman of City Hall, who parlayed shrewd political instincts and plenty of chutzpah into three tumultuous terms as mayor of New York with all the tenacity, zest and combativeness that personified his city of golden dreams, died Friday morning at age 88.

• In China, Any US Degree Just Won't Do

  

  More Chinese students are enrolled at American colleges than ever before, but US degrees that are not from Harvard aren't widely valued at home. The Christian Science Monitor reports

• U.S. college endowments post losses in fiscal 2012

  Institutions with the biggest endowments reported the highest returns, according to a study by Commonfund Institute and the National Association of College and University Business Officers. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, endowments of more than $1 billion had the best returns, with a gain of 0.8 percent.

• Final Glance: Education companies

  Apollo Group rose$. 40 or 2.0 percent, to $20.22. Career Education Corp. rose$. 22 or 6.8 percent, to $3.46. DeVry rose$. 77 or 3.2 percent, to $25.17.

• Midday Glance: Education companies

  Apollo Group rose$. 10 or. 5 percent, to $19.92. Career Education Corp. rose$. 10 or 3.1 percent, to $3.34. DeVry rose$. 57 or 2.3 percent, to $24.97.

• Early Glance: Education companies

  Apollo Group rose$. 01 or. 1 percent, to $19.83. Career Education Corp. fell$. 01 or. 3 percent, to $3.23. DeVry rose$. 09 or. 4 percent, to $24.49.

• Governor promises liquor proceeds to Pa. schools

  Tom Corbett on Wednesday unveiled an ambitious plan to end the state monopoly over the sale of liquor and wine by replacing hundreds of state-owned stores with twice as many private outlets and allowing beer and wine to be sold at a wide range of stores.

• Final Glance: Education companies

  Apollo Group fell$. 25 or 1.2 percent, to $19.82. Career Education Corp. fell$. 09 or 2.7 percent, to $3.24. DeVry rose$. 21 or. 9 percent, to $24.40.

• Average Student Loan Balance Jumps 30% 

  

  Credit rating company Trans Union released a 5-year study that says the average student loan balance has jumped 30 percent. CNBC's Scott Cohn reports details of the study.

• Midday Glance: Education companies

  Apollo Group fell$. 21 or 1.0 percent, to $19.86. Career Education Corp. fell$. 06 or 1.8 percent, to $3.27. DeVry rose$. 18 or. 7 percent, to $24.37.

• NY ed commissioner outlines Regents budget request

  ALBANY, N.Y.-- The Board of Regents is seeking a 3.5 percent increase in funds for New York's public schools, about $100 million more than what Gov. Education Commissioner John King outlined the board's funding request, specifically in formula aid, during a joint budget hearing Tuesday of Assembly and Senate members.

• Early Glance: Education companies

  Apollo Group fell$. 18 or. 9 percent, to $19.89. Career Education Corp. fell$. 04 or 1.1 percent, to $3.30. DeVry rose$. 14 or. 6 percent, to $24.33.