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• In Chicago, thousands march to protest proposed school closings
• Protesters march against Chicago school closures
• A High-School Sex-Ed Teacher Is Being Punished for Saying the Word 'Vagina'
• Texas School District to Arm Teachers
• In Iowa, a GOP Governor Charts a Different Course
• Indiana's expansive school voucher program upheld: A model for others?

In Chicago, thousands march to protest proposed school closings Posted: 27 Mar 2013 04:54 PM PDT By 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 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 Newtown 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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