2013年3月27日星期三

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In Chicago, thousands march to protest proposed school closings

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 04:54 PM PDT

Alexandre Dumas Technology Academy Elementary is seen in Chicago, IllinoisBy Renita Young and James B. Kelleher CHICAGO (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators rallied in downtown Chicago on Wednesday to protest the city's plan to close 54 public schools, primarily in Hispanic and African-American neighborhoods. The closings, which the school board plans to vote on in May, would be the biggest one-time shutdown ever by a U.S. city. Wednesday's demonstration, organized by the teacher's union, drew parents, students and other critics of the plan. ...


Protesters march against Chicago school closures

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 04:53 PM PDT

Member of the Chicago Teachers Union, students, and other opponents of a plan to close 54 Chicago Public Schools during a demonstrate and march through Chicago's downtown Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett say the closings are necessary because too many CPS facilities are half-empty and academically failing. They say shuttering buildings will allow the district to move students to higher quality schools and help trim a $1 billion budget shortfall. Opponents say the plan disproportionately affects minority students and won't save money. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of teachers, parents and other opponents marched through downtown Wednesday, vowing to fight a plan to close 54 Chicago Public Schools, despite Mayor Rahm Emanuel's comments that he's done negotiating and the closings are essentially a done deal.


A High-School Sex-Ed Teacher Is Being Punished for Saying the Word 'Vagina'

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 02:40 PM PDT

Tim McDaniel, an 18-year vetaran of the biology department at the public school in Dietrcich, Idaho, might have to figure out how to teach the miracle of life to his high-school students without saying the word "vagina" after a group of unhappy parents found the word offensive. Because now he's kind of in big trouble for, you know, doing his job in the teen pregnancy capital of Idaho. ...

Texas School District to Arm Teachers

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 12:42 PM PDT

Texas School District to Arm TeachersNewtown Shooting Inspired Texas School Board to OK Guns for Educators


In Iowa, a GOP Governor Charts a Different Course

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 12:40 PM PDT

In Iowa, a GOP governor charts a different course _ increasing funding for public schools

Indiana's expansive school voucher program upheld: A model for others?

Posted: 26 Mar 2013 06:10 PM PDT

The Indiana Supreme Court Tuesday unanimously upheld the state's expansive school voucher program, which extends to middle-income families the opportunity to send their children to private schools with public assistance.

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