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Pa. Senate to consider bill on school vouchers
HARRISBURG — Legislation to help low-income families pay private school tuition is on its way to the Senate floor. In a 9-2 vote Tuesday, the Senate Education Committee… Read more
Rage On—and on and on…
by Victor Davis Hanson – Occupy Wall Street? I’ve been following the Wall Street protests, in New York and elsewhere. I read as well of the Democratic Party’s sorta interest… Read more
Florida Appeals Court Rejects Call To Block Judge From Citing Islamic Law In Ruling
A Florida appeals court has rejected a request to block a Hillsborough judge from upholding Islamic law in a case involving the former trustees of a local Tampa mosque that… Read more
California leads nation in escalation of college costs
Steep funding cuts to higher education in California and elsewhere were significant factors in pushing average tuition and fees up 8.3% at four-year public colleges and universities nationwide… Read more
Education Panel Meeting Disrupted By “Occupy” Protesters
The Occupy Wall street movement expanded to classroom politics, as a group disrupted a special meeting of the panel for education policy in Manhattan on Tuesday night. The… Read more
Las Vegas Academy hopes to win $50,000 from ‘Glee’
Amid budget cuts to arts education throughout Clark County, one Las Vegas high school is getting creative. Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts is… Read more
Liberal Agenda: Sex-ed workbooks sound more like instruction books than abstinence education
Department of Education officials say their new mandatory sex-ed lessons — which will be required for students as young as 11 — will stress abstinence as “the best way to… Read more
Florida Election Law: Teacher Faces Fines for Helping Kids Register to Vote
A Florida civics teacher didn’t know about a new state law when she helped students register to vote—and now may have to pay thousands of dollars in fines,… Read more
Senate Committee Considers No Child Left Behind Overhaul
Rachel Sheffield – If you think No Child Left Behind (NCLB) isn’t working, what Senators Tom Harkin (D–IA) and Mike Enzi (R–WY) have in mind for the nation’s… Read more
Blacks Falling Through the Cracks
The number of African-American male students in community colleges is significantly lower than their female and majority counterparts. In fact, more than a quarter of Black males leave… Read more
