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• Texas cheerleaders win court battle over high school 'Bible banners'
• DC sets bar for firing teachers over performance
• Chicago teachers to vote October 2 on new contract
• Gov't Awards $228M in Grants to Black Colleges
• North Carolina Criminalizes Cyberbullying of Teachers
• Smith Offers STEM Immigration Bill

Texas cheerleaders win court battle over high school 'Bible banners' Posted: 21 Sep 2012 01:44 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Cheerleaders at a Texas high school have won a court order allowing them to continue featuring Biblical quotes on the large paper banners that they hold up for football players to tear through when they take the field at the game opening. The ruling by a Hardin County judge late Thursday over the so-called "Bible Banners" at the school in the east Texas town of Kountze marked the latest twist in a broader national clash over the separation of religion from public schools. ...

DC sets bar for firing teachers over performance Posted: 21 Sep 2012 12:02 PM PDT Tough new teacher evaluations led to a strike this month in Chicago, but in the District of Columbia, such evaluations are "business as usual."

Chicago teachers to vote October 2 on new contract Posted: 21 Sep 2012 10:49 AM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago teachers will vote October 2 on whether to approve a contract with the nation's third-largest public school district following their first strike in 25 years, school and union officials said on Friday. Some 350,000 kindergarten, elementary and high school students missed seven school days when teachers walked off the job for the first time since 1987. Representatives of the 29,000 teachers and support staff voted on Tuesday to suspend the strike and accept a compromise agreement on a new three-year contract with Mayor Rahm Emanuel. ...

Gov't Awards $228M in Grants to Black Colleges Posted: 21 Sep 2012 05:47 AM PDT Education Department awards nearly $230 million in grants to historically black colleges

North Carolina Criminalizes Cyberbullying of Teachers Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:15 PM PDT In North Carolina, children and teens aren't the only victims of bullying. On the Internet, teachers report being tormented and provoked by students.

Smith Offers STEM Immigration Bill Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:24 AM PDT A group of House members introduced legislation on Tuesday that would make it easier for foreign students who graduate from U.S. universities with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math to stay in the United States.

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