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Every day I’m sharing highlights from the day’s education news. Of note today: Summer school registration at public colleges and universities is on the rise, college courses can open up opportunities to a more diverse student population and a Columbia University student demonstrates why a good education is about more than just grades.

• A Honolulu Star-Bulletin editorial urges us to from the Furlough Fridays fiasco.

• The Associated Press reports that the percentage of high-poverty schools is — and has been since before the recession.

• Although school furloughs are resolved for teachers, KITV reports that is for the Department of Education‘s support employees (e.g. custodians, food service employees and the like).

• The Obama administration is putting more pressure on Congress to allocate to bail out teachers, The Honolulu Advertiser reported today.

• A court ruled that involving the and its Levittown, Pa. campus could proceed through the legal system as a collective action, reported the Northwest Education Law Blog.

• A report finds that in California schools, Education Week reported.

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