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Financial Mess: Detroit Public Schools may file Chapter 9 bankruptcy after spending its way into a nearly $260 million budget deficit, mlive.com reports.
Cutting Costs: California State University students could pay up to 30 percent more than they did last year to go to school because of a $584 million reduction in state funding, reports The Sacramento Bee.
Native Language: After six years of teaching math and science in English, Malaysia plans to switch back to its national tongue of Bahasa Malaysia in 2012, citing a lack of improvement in students grades, reports The New York Times.
Balancing Budgets: Louisiana State University's main campus is scaling back on employee hours, pay raises and program funding to absorb a $19 million cut made by the legislature and approved by Gov. Bobby Jindal, reports boston.com.
Textbook Talk: Thanks to a new law, Florida students at state universities will be able to know what books they have to buy for their classes at least a month before school starts, reports WCTV.