Yahoo! News: Education News

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• First family goes back to school for evening event (AP)
• Texas board starts shaping social studies lessons (AP)
• Pa. AG files lawsuit against ComputerTraining.com (AP)
• Iowa panel backs plan to limit school tax hikes (AP)
• Perry: Texas won't seek federal education funding (AP)

First family goes back to school for evening event (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2010 05:56 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama switched from affairs of state Thursday evening to matters closer to home and hearth.

Texas board starts shaping social studies lessons (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2010 04:50 PM PST AP - Kindergartners would learn about a Texas revolutionary and first-graders would discuss the idea of holding public officials accountable under proposals approved Thursday by the State Board of Education, which began reshaping the guidelines for social studies lessons.

Pa. AG files lawsuit against ComputerTraining.com (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2010 09:58 AM PST AP - The Pennsylvania attorney general is suing a recently closed computer training school in an effort to recover fees for former students.

Iowa panel backs plan to limit school tax hikes (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2010 07:50 AM PST AP - An Iowa Senate panel approved Gov. Chet Culver's proposal to require school districts to spend down cash reserves before seeking more taxes from property owners.

Perry: Texas won't seek federal education funding (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2010 05:35 AM PST AP - Texas won't compete for up to $700 million in federal stimulus money for education because the program "smacks of a federal takeover of our public schools," Republican Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday.

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