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Statistics from Washington, D.C., show a continuing rise in the popularity of charter schools. The latest numbers for fall 2009 show that 27,953 students are attending charter schools in the city, compared with 45,772 in traditional public schools, The Washington Post says. That works out to 38 percent of public school student population that […]

Students from the University of Kentucky and landlords in Lexington are objecting to proposals that would limit the density of student housing in a neighborhood, The Lexington Herald-Leader reports. A Student Housing Task Force report last month outlined strategies to diminish problems associated with “dense student housing, ” such as litter, noise, alcohol abuse, […]

The New York Times reports that the New York City school system, as part of an effort to encourage better nutrition and healthful eating, has effectively banned most school bake sales. Bake sales are one of the traditional ways schools and PTAs raise money to supplement taxpayer funds, but education officials want to limit […]