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Indiana parents with truant kids may face criminal charges (Reuters)
Mon, 2011-08-08 20:20 — adminReuters - Parents of young children who don't show up for school in Indiana's capital may face criminal charges under a new program announced on Wednesday by Marion County Prosecutor Terry R. Curry.
Suit: Girl was checked out of Miss. school, raped (AP)
Mon, 2011-08-08 20:20 — adminAP - A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit that claims a 9-year-old Mississippi girl was checked out of school six times by an unauthorized man who then raped her.
Sarah Palin's Educational Bus Tour: A Road Trip to Irony (ContributorNetwork)
Mon, 2011-08-08 20:20 — adminContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Sarah Palin set out on her "One Nation" bus tour in Washington on Memorial Day and completed the first leg of what has been billed to be a national tour Friday.
Ed. Secy: States to get waivers on No Child tests (AP)
Mon, 2011-08-08 20:20 — adminAP - The Obama administration effectively gutted the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law Monday, giving states a way out of a decade-long policy that focused on holding schools accountable but labeled many of them failures even if they made progress.
What Are Some Student Success Stories? (U.S. News & World Report)
Mon, 2011-08-08 20:20 — adminU.S. News & World Report - Between essays, online application forms, transcripts, letters of recommendation, and so on, keeping track of all the moving parts of the college admissions process can be overwhelming. Sometimes, the best advice--and encouragement--comes from how other students succeeded beyond their wildest expectations. Jamie S. from Rutland, Vt., asks:
Gov. Brown endorses popular vote bill for Calif. (AP)
Mon, 2011-08-08 20:20 — adminAP - Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that would award all of California's 55 Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote in presidential elections.
Pennsylvania Likely to Put School Tax Increases in the Hands of Voters (ContributorNetwork)
Mon, 2011-08-08 20:20 — adminContributorNetwork - Pennsylvania school districts that might get hammered once the state budget becomes finalized might be forced to justify high tax increases if the state government has anything to say about it, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
School shooting plot: bond $500,000 each (AP)
Mon, 2011-08-08 20:20 — adminAP - A family court judge ordered $500,000 bond on Monday for each of three 15-year-old boys accused of plotting to kill two specific people and anyone else in their way on the first day of class at their suburban New Orleans school.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush Making Headlines with Education Reform (ContributorNetwork)
Mon, 2011-08-08 20:20 — adminContributorNetwork - Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has said time and time again that he will not be running for president in 2012; however, that is not stopping him from making national headlines with his ideas for education reform.
Obama to offer states waivers on school-aid law (Reuters)
Mon, 2011-08-08 20:20 — adminReuters - The Obama administration will allow U.S. states to opt out of some of the No Child Left Behind education law because Congress has failed to reform the controversial program, two senior officials said on Monday.
