The Florida Senate will have an opportunity to vote on Senate Bill 1718, the Parent Empowerment Act.
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3/9/2012
Some think this bill puts control of a child‘s education back into parent’s hands, others have said that it takes away parental choice.
3/9/2012
The Oregon Board of Education will continue to take steps toward adopting rules that could ban Native American mascots from schools across the state.
3/9/2012
Racial disparities in school discipline – including suspensions, expulsions and arrests – remain alarmingly high in districts and states across the country.
3/9/2012
In between back-to-back speaking engagments in Texas, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan met with sometime political adversary Gov. Rick Perry to discuss a possible waiver on the No Child Left Behind Act.
3/9/2012
Louisiana State Senator Karen Carter Peterson pre-filed Senate Bill 374 (PDF), to repeal the state’s ill-advised Science Education Act of 2008.
3/7/2012
Efforts to revamp public education are increasingly focused on evaluating teachers using student test scores, but school districts nationwide are only beginning to deal with the practical challenges of implementing those changes.
Free Tuition for Michigan Teens? Higher Education Experts Say $1.8B Program Unlikely to Gain Support
3/7/2012
In January Michigan senate Democrats unveiled a proposal that would send all Michigan-educated high schoolers to a state university for free.
3/7/2012
The Walton Family Foundation announced investments totaling more than $159 million in education reform initiatives for 2011 – the largest single-year investment in education reform.
3/7/2012
Declining property taxes contributed to a $1.3 billion statewide cut to education last year, Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s first year in office.
3/7/2012
The state Education Department used at least two undisclosed bank accounts as a slush fund for drinks, entertainment, travel and more at state education conferences, spending $2.3 million over the past 10 years, according to an investigative state audit released Wednesday.
3/7/2012
Colorado’s online schools have shown disappointing results.
3/7/2012
A Florida high school valedictorian and her sister, who were facing deportation, instead were meeting with with lawmakers Wednesday after being granted a reprieve.
3/7/2012
Some students with disabilities in Wisconsin next school year could attend a private or a public school outside their home district with the help of a taxpayer-funded subsidy, under a bill being debated by the state Assembly late Tuesday.
3/7/2012
The Utah Legislature has passed a controversial bill mandating an abstinence-only sex education curriculum for Utah public schools or allows schools to drop the subject altogether.
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