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A state district judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a private school voucher program just for students with disabilit...
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A defunct Idaho charter school exhausted its appeals Monday in a legal battle with state officials who barred the use of the Bible and other religious texts as a historical teaching tool in the classroom.
The U.S. Supreme Court...
U.S. Education Woes Threaten National Security, Report Says
Posted On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA
Published Online: March 20, 2012
The United States must improve its education system or risk imperiling national security and the economy, according to a new report from a blue-ribbon panel convened by the Council for Foreign Relations.
““U.S....
Damien McGee-Backes, 15, a plaintiff in a bullying lawsuit settled last week with the Anoka-Hennepin, Minn., district, attends a news conference at district headquarters. The school board agreed to a long list of measures to help address harassment b...
Mesa schools stick to basics in the classroom
Posted On Monday, March 12, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA
Published Online: March 12, 2012
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Mesa Public Schools sixth-grader Blain Swallow has a very basic word to describe his "basics" education at Franklin Northeast Elementary: "Hard."
Blain and other sixth-graders at Mesa's Frankli...
New Hands-On Math Exhibit Begins Tour at Smithsonian
Posted On Thursday, March 8, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA
All those school groups making the pilgrimage to Washington this spring will have a chance to experience hands-on math learning through an exhibit opening this weekend at the Smithsonian International Gallery.
MathAlive! is designed to explore the m...
Judge Denies Request to Reinstate Ethnic-Studies Program
Posted On Tuesday, March 6, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA
By Alexis Huicochea, The Arizona Daily Star , Tucson, Ariz. (MCT)
A federal judge has rejected a request to reinstate contentious Mexican American Studies courses in Arizona's Tucson Unified School District.
The request was filed last month by the Me...
Vouchers Are Ideal or Unneeded, Parents of Special Needs Children Say
Posted On Monday, March 5, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA
Special education has become the new wedge for advocates of school choice—private school vouchers, charter schools, and other options for public school students. Some school-choice proponents told me that students with disabilities inspire sympathy...
Variety of Models Fuels Hybrid Charter Growth
Posted On Monday, March 5, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA
Published Online: March 5, 2012
Published in Print: March 7, 2012, as Variety of Models Fuel Hybrid Charter Growth
In innovation-friendly pockets across the country, the number of hybrid charter schools—those that blend online and face-to-face...
Waiver Hopefuls Put Through Paces by Review Process
Posted On Tuesday, February 21, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA, LOUISIANA Tags: No Child Left Behind Act
Before awarding waivers from core tenets of the No Child Left Behind Act to 11 states, the U.S. Department of Education ordered changes to address a significant weakness in most states' proposals: how they would hold schools accountable for groups o...
