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• Teacher suspended for discussing racial epithet in class (Reuters)
• Feds probe belt use in fatal NJ school bus crash (AP)
• 4 charges filed against Columbine attack suspect (AP)
• Uncertainty after ruling in NY school worship case (AP)
• Cranston School Prayer Banner Should Remain (ContributorNetwork)
• Cranston votes not to appeal prayer banner case (AP)

Teacher suspended for discussing racial epithet in class (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 03:56 PM PST Reuters - A white public school teacher in Chicago has filed suit against the city's board of education after he was suspended for using a racial epithet during an in-class discussion about offensive language.

Feds probe belt use in fatal NJ school bus crash (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 03:13 PM PST AP - The National Transportation Safety Board is examining how seat belt use factored into the New Jersey school bus crash that killed an 11-year-old triplet and severely injured her two sisters and one other child.

4 charges filed against Columbine attack suspect (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 03:07 PM PST AP - A judge has ordered a psychological evaluation for a 14-year-old girl suspected in a hammer attack that injured two students at Columbine High School.

Uncertainty after ruling in NY school worship case (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 01:20 PM PST AP - Religious congregations whose worship services were evicted from New York City's public schools scrambled Friday to deal with an 11th-hour injunction that said they could stay.

Cranston School Prayer Banner Should Remain (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:56 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to reports from the Associated Press, the Cranston School Committee voted 5-2 to not appeal the court ruling against allowing Cranston High School West to display a banner titled "School Prayer." The case was brought by a young atheist by the name of Jessica Alhquist, a student at the school, and backed by the ACLU.

Cranston votes not to appeal prayer banner case (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 08:51 PM PST AP - A Rhode Island public school committee on Thursday voted not to appeal a federal court decision ordering the removal of a prayer banner displayed in a high school.

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