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Texas Republican Party calls for abstinence-only sex ed, corporal punishment in schools
Early this month, Texas Republican delegates met in Fort Worth to approve their 2012 platform, notable parts of which take aim at the state's education system, The Huffington Post reports.…
Has Title IX, now 40 years old, harmed male athletics?
A new report on Title IX, the landmark civil rights law passed 40 years ago that barred gender discrimination in education for all students, says that a great deal of…
Lawmakers reject color-coded student IDs by test score
California lawmakers have voted to prohibit a controversial practice by Kennedy and Cypress High Schools that required students to carry color-coded ID cards and notebooks based on their standardized test…
Obama proposal to raise dropout age falls flat
President Barack Obama's call for states to raise the minimum age at which students can drop out of high school seems about as popular as a homework assignment on Friday…
School schedules get a makeover from coast to coast
Driven by budget woes, a desire to boost tourism, or a determination help low-performing schools, many states are contemplating changes in the amount of time their students spend in class.…
Ill. lawmakers vote to abolish tuition waiver perk
After years of bad publicity over cronyism and clout, the Illinois Legislature has voted to end a longstanding program that allowed each lawmaker to hand out taxpayer-funded college tuition waivers…
NH House, Senate pass school tax credit bills
The New Hampshire's House and Senate passed similar plans Wednesday to give businesses a tax credit for donating to scholarship organizations to send students to private or public schools, the…
New Jersey town bans texting while walking
As a slew of U.S. states have passed laws to ban texting while driving, one New Jersey town upped the ante with its texting-while-walking ban. Pedestrians in Fort Lee, New…
Senate bill on the use of restraint would tie school leaders’ hands
The U.S. Senate is considering a bill that would prohibit the use of seclusion and restraint, the very practice that has enabled many students with serious emotional or behavioral conditions…
Illinois state Senate votes to end legislative scholarships
The Illinois Senate agreed Thursday to stop letting lawmakers hand out free college education to certain constituents, removing the final roadblock to ending a century-old practice plagued by allegations of…