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Recommendation would slash ISTEP passing rates

The State Board of Education is poised to vote on a recommendation from educator panels that would reduce ISTEP passing rates about 16 percentage points in English and 24 percentage points in math, compared with 2014.

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Lilly Endowment commits $50M to UNCF initiative

The Lilly Endowment has pledged $50 million to the United Negro College Fund to launch the UNCF Career Pathways Initiative—an effort to improve employment rates and wages for African-American college graduates.

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UPDATE: McGee put on leave; his lawyer blasts book

Andre McGee's attorney said his client denies hiring strippers and prostitutes to entertain University of Louisville recruits. McGee's current employer, the University of Missouri at Kansas City, has placed him on paid leave.

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