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• A fast 2014 start on presidential prep
• U.S. anti-abortion marchers brave freezing cold in Washington
• America’s World Education Ranking Is No Reason to Panic
• Bill raises SC teachers' pay to national average
• Boston public schools revive racist hiring practices from the 1970s
• Jindal proposes boost to higher education funding
• Latest special needs voucher bill draws opposition

A fast 2014 start on presidential prep Posted: 22 Jan 2014 03:09 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — This is a year of auditioning, positioning, networking and just plain hard work for people who are considering running for president in 2016.

U.S. anti-abortion marchers brave freezing cold in Washington Posted: 22 Jan 2014 02:50 PM PST By Lacey Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of U.S. anti-abortion activists braved frigid temperatures to rally at the annual March for Life on Wednesday, and a top Republican lawmaker vowed that the House of Representatives would vote soon to end taxpayer-funded abortions. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told the rally, one of the key yearly events for the anti-abortion movement, that the Republican-controlled chamber would approve the measure halting taxpayer funding for the procedure next week. But Cantor acknowledged that the House Republican measure might ultimately be a symbolic one, saying that passage in the Democrat controlled Senate and acceptance by President Barack Obama "will be a much tougher task." Opponents of the procedure failed in their attempts to attach new anti-abortion provisions to the $1.1 trillion spending bill Congress approved last week. I love my life" and "Stop abortion now." Groups of Catholic high school students chanted: "We love babies, yes we do! We love babies, how about you?" From Vatican City, Pope Francis used Twitter to back the rally.

America’s World Education Ranking Is No Reason to Panic Posted: 22 Jan 2014 09:53 AM PST There has been no shortage of sound and fury about the recently released education rankings from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Keeping all of this in mind is a matter of critical importance because the rhetoric of falling skies causes stakeholders to doubt the quality of our public schools.

Bill raises SC teachers' pay to national average Posted: 22 Jan 2014 07:22 AM PST A bill raising teachers' salaries to the national average has been introduced in the South Carolina Senate. The idea is being pushed by Gov. Nikki Haley's Democratic opponent, Sen. Vincent Sheheen of Camden. ...

Boston public schools revive racist hiring practices from the 1970s Posted: 22 Jan 2014 05:37 AM PST Officials with the Boston public schools are aggressively bringing back efforts to hire and retain black teachers and teachers representing various other minority groups. School district officials will institute a wide-ranging marketing plan to attract teacher candidates with the chosen skin colors, reports The Boston Globe. District officials will tap into the alumni networks of historically black colleges. School officials will also begin giving out something called "letters of reasonable assurance" to minority teachers who receive sufficient performance evaluations, in the hope that they will stick around if rumors of staffing cuts begin to fly.

Jindal proposes boost to higher education funding Posted: 22 Jan 2014 03:59 AM PST After six years of suggesting cuts, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Tuesday he'll recommend that lawmakers increase state financing for higher education next year and steer $40 million to a new workforce development ...

Latest special needs voucher bill draws opposition Posted: 22 Jan 2014 03:49 AM PST Republican state lawmakers are making another push to extend taxpayer subsidies to help students with special needs attend private schools, unveiling a bill Tuesday that they said would help families trapped ...

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