Education: Morning Roundup

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Morning Roundup:From the Los Angeles Times: Angelenos pay homage to Martin Luther King Jr.

Weekend events let children, others celebrate the civil rights leader's role in changing the United States.

From The New York Times: Pay Rises for Leaders of Colleges, Survey Says

Many of the nation's public universities eliminated courses and raised tuition last year, but the salaries and benefits of their presidents continued to rise, though at a slower rate than in years past.

From the Los Angeles Times: Raising the Education Bar

Too many states' benchmarks for reading and math are low.

From The Washington Post: Girls' academic hopes disrupted as family plans return to Afghanistan

Afghan schoolgirls fear returning home. Photo via