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• Watchdog: Education foundations not doing enough (AP)
• Ark. school official accused of anti-gay screed (AP)
• Can schools ‘eliminate’ bullying, as education secretary says they must? (The Upshot)
• Education reformers say GOP-controlled House would block funding (The Upshot)
• Study: school buses safe enough without seat belts (AP)

Watchdog: Education foundations not doing enough (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 03:06 PM PDT AP - A philanthropic watchdog group is hoping to light a fire under charitable foundations that support education by releasing a report Wednesday that points out how few of them focus enough attention on helping the most needy students.

Ark. school official accused of anti-gay screed (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 02:42 PM PDT AP - A member of a northern Arkansas school board, commenting on a campaign to get people to wear purple to show support for bullied gay and lesbian youth, purportedly posted on Facebook that the only way he would wear purple is "if they all commit suicide."

Can schools ‘eliminate’ bullying, as education secretary says they must? (The Upshot) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 01:02 PM PDT The Upshot - The Obama administration is urging schools to combat bullying after the high-profile suicides of several youths who were facing harassment at school, some of them for being gay or being perceived as gay. Parents in dozens of school districts, including in Minnesota and New Jersey, have been demanding over the past few months that schools [...]

Education reformers say GOP-controlled House would block funding (The Upshot) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:19 AM PDT The Upshot - Education reformers are worried that a Republican-controlled House of Representatives would block spending for new reforms touted by President Barack Obama, Seyward Darby of the New Republic reports. The irony is that former President George W. Bush cemented Republicans' reputations as the pro-education-reform party. The No Child Left Behind law enacted early in the first [...]

Study: school buses safe enough without seat belts (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2010 05:06 PM PDT AP - School buses are safe enough without seat belts and students in many cases ignore a requirement to wear them, according to a study in Alabama released Monday that found the straps would save the life of about one child every eight years.

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