Education: Morning Roundup

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Morning Roundup:From the Los Angeles Times: Sundance 2010: Paramount Vantage Acquires Davis Guggenheim's New Doc

Paramount Vantage announced that it had snapped up worldwide rights to Davis Guggenheim's "Waiting for Superman." The new documentary examines-and indicts-the American educational system and its seemingly intractable problems.

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: American Universities Rush to the Front Lines in Haiti

While many American colleges are providing financial assistance to Haiti, some have sent teams of nurses and surgeons.

From the San Francisco Chronicle: Recession hits state's poorest kids hardest

The recession has hit state schools hard, forcing districts to cancel summer school, increase class size and let go custodians, counselors and teachers, but California's poorest kids are bearing the brunt of it, according to a UCLA study released Thursday

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