Yahoo! News: Education News
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- Eliminate U.S. Department of Education, Then We'll Believe You're Serious (ContributorNetwork)
- First Person: How Education, Middle Class Can Benefit from Spending Cuts (ContributorNetwork)
- Major Anti-Bullying Legislation Working Through Congress, States and Schools (ContributorNetwork)
- Back-to-school shoppers want a D-E-A-L (Reuters)
- Catholic school principal fired for white supremacist views (Reuters)
- School voucher bills flood GOP-led statehouses (AP)
| Eliminate U.S. Department of Education, Then We'll Believe You're Serious (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | American citizens lost control of their government long ago, and are not likely to get it back merely by the results of a single election. That's not to say that voter anger in November was entirely wasted. The Tea Parties did a particularly effective job of raising spending issues that many majority Democrats tried to suppress. |
| First Person: How Education, Middle Class Can Benefit from Spending Cuts (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 05:20 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - As the 112th Congress begins its term in January, the country faces a bleak road ahead. All across America, state budgets are suffering record shortfalls. Texas is expected to have a deficit of $15 to $20 billion dollars, depending on what math you believe. The crater left by the Bush Administration claimed many casualties. Now that President Obama's bipartisan deficit commission has proposed the most anti-middle class austerity measures in generations, new parents like myself are anxiously following these depressing developments. |
| Major Anti-Bullying Legislation Working Through Congress, States and Schools (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 05:19 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - With so many high-profile gay suicides revolving around bullying, school districts and lawmakers are taking more concrete steps to deal with the problem. |
| Back-to-school shoppers want a D-E-A-L (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:52 PM PDT Reuters - Less than two weeks into the back-to-school season, U.S. shoppers have a loud and clear message for retailers: "Make me an offer I can't refuse." |
| Catholic school principal fired for white supremacist views (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 09:29 AM PDT Reuters - The Archdiocese of New York fired a Bronx Catholic school principal whose white supremacist beliefs were "found to be incompatible with the philosophy and practices" of the church, the archdiocese said on Tuesday. |
| School voucher bills flood GOP-led statehouses (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:45 AM PDT AP - More states than ever before have considered school vouchers this year, driven by resurgent Republicans who see the lagging economy as an opportunity for a fresh push on one of their most contentious education policies. |
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