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• Tenn. Senate OKs ban on teaching of homosexuality (AP)
• New York probing Corinthian, Trump's for-profit colleges (Reuters)
• No Child Left Behind fix lagging in Congress (AP)
• Texas guns on campus bill hits roadblock (AP)
• Tennessee House passes bill to curb teachers' unions (Reuters)

Tenn. Senate OKs ban on teaching of homosexuality (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 05:41 PM PDT AP - A bill passed Friday by the Tennessee Senate would forbid public school teachers and students in grades kindergarten through eight from discussing the fact that some people are gay.

New York probing Corinthian, Trump's for-profit colleges (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2011 10:13 AM PDT Reuters - The New York Attorney General is investigating colleges run by Corinthian Colleges and real estate magnate Donald Trump, adding to the list of states probing illegal business practices at for-profit schools.

No Child Left Behind fix lagging in Congress (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 04:23 AM PDT AP - The long-awaited overhaul of the 9-year-old No Child Left Behind law has begun in the House with the first in a series of targeted bills, but a bipartisan, comprehensive reform of the nation's most important education law still appears far from the finish line.

Texas guns on campus bill hits roadblock (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 07:36 PM PDT AP - Legislation to allow people with concealed handgun licenses to carry guns into college classrooms in Texas has hit a roadblock.

Tennessee House passes bill to curb teachers' unions (Reuters) Posted: 19 May 2011 06:19 PM PDT Reuters - The Tennessee House of Representatives voted on Thursday to strip teachers unions of most of their collective bargaining powers, setting up a showdown with the state Senate, which already voted to end all union bargaining.

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