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• U.S. Education Department probing University of Montana rape reports
• 5,100 new voucher slots available to La. students
• Miami teachers union calls for tax amnesty
• Reward for Obama documents grows to $20,000
• 6-year-olds wander from Pa. school to museum
• US schools with single-sex classrooms may face ACLU lawsuit

U.S. Education Department probing University of Montana rape reports Posted: 23 May 2012 04:38 PM PDT (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Education is investigating whether the University of Montana responded promptly and appropriately to at least 11 reported rapes and sexual assaults at its Missoula campus since 2010, a spokesman for the agency said on Wednesday. The investigation coincides with the opening on May 1 of a probe by the federal Department of Justice into complaints the university, Missoula police and a local prosecutor had failed to aggressively investigate more than 80 rapes reported in the city over the past three years. ...

5,100 new voucher slots available to La. students Posted: 23 May 2012 06:32 AM PDT More than 5,000 Louisiana students in 33 parishes can get new taxpayer-funded voucher slots at private schools this fall, under a law pushed by Gov. Bobby Jindal that created a statewide voucher program.

Miami teachers union calls for tax amnesty Posted: 23 May 2012 06:31 AM PDT The teachers union in Miami-Dade County has proposed what could be an innovative way to raise extra money for education: A tax amnesty program that would go after homestead exemption cheats.

Reward for Obama documents grows to $20,000 Posted: 23 May 2012 06:18 AM PDT There's a growing interest in President Barack Obama's obscured youth, his college education and his Chicago career — and now the financial incentive for people to provide interesting documentation has doubled to $20,000.

6-year-olds wander from Pa. school to museum Posted: 23 May 2012 05:56 AM PDT Pittsburgh Public Schools officials are investigating an impromptu field trip of sorts that occurred when two 6-year-old students wandered away from their school and walked to the city's Children's Museum a few blocks away.

US schools with single-sex classrooms may face ACLU lawsuit Posted: 22 May 2012 05:22 PM PDT LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening legal action against as many as a dozen school districts from Maine to Mississippi unless they stop programs the group says illegally segregate boys and girls into single-sex classes and promote stereotypes. The group also was demanding that Florida's Department of Education launch an investigation into widespread single-sex teaching in that state, where 32 schools in 16 districts offer single-gender classes. ...

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