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30 min ago | The Olympian

Governor opposes delay in WASL math and science testing

SEATTLE Gov. Chris Gregoire said Thursday she opposes state schools chief Randy Dorn's proposal to delay the requirement for students to pass math and science tests to graduate, because the state's economy depends on Washington students leaving high school well trained in both subjects.

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Related Topix: Seattle Metro, Family, Kids, Mount Vernon, WA

4 hrs ago | NBC 15 Online

Families Mark Anniversary Of Fatal Alabama Bus Crash

The bus was carrying 40 Lee High School students to a technology center on Nov. 20, 2006 when it collided with a car driven by a student who was also headed to the center.

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Related Topix: Huntsville, AL

9 hrs ago | Abc13.com

Houston-area school districts file suit over min. grade ban

Five Houston-area school districts have filed suit against the state education commissioner over his interpretation of a new law prohibiting minimum grading policies.

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Related Topix: Travis County, TX

13 hrs ago | The Sydney Morning Herald

School principal jailed for sex with student

A former high school principal faces just nine months more in jail after being sentenced today for having sex with a 16-year-old student in 2007.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

WTOL-TV Toledo

ACLU: Ohio student doesn't have to say 'Pledge'

The American Civil Liberties Union has asked an Ohio school to stop punishing a student who refused to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Related Topix: ACLU, Ohio

Everything Alabama

Lee High School bus crash report released

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report on the Lee High School bus crash, almost three years after the fatal wreck.

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Wcbs880.com

School District Wants Parents to Pay for Detention

School board members in one New Jersey town want parents of high school students who are habitually sent to detention to pay.

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Related Topix: Nutley, NJ

CBS 11

Texas Gov. Likely To Face School Finance Problems

With budget problems mounting for many Texas school districts, the next governor is likely to inherit a funding system that experts say has become a legal and financial quagmire.

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Related Topix: Texas, US Politics, Texas Government, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

ClipSyndicate

Report questions spending at Las Vegas, NM schools

THE GLARING MONEY PROBLEM FOR LAS VEGAS CITY SCHOOLS IS NO SURPRISE -- LEGAL COSTS.

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Related Topix: Las Vegas, NM, Sports, Video

Wed Nov 18, 2009

IndyStar.com

8th-graders burned in science experiment

Two middle school students are being treated for burns received when a flash fire broke out during a science experiment.

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Related Topix: Fire

KBCI CBS 2

P.E. teacher sues Idaho school district

An attorney for Jim Wacker filed the lawsuit in Latah County earlier this month.

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Related Topix: Potlatch, ID, Latah County, ID, Moscow, ID

ABC News - Brian Ross

Pattinson, Stewart and Lautner Talk `Twilight'

The "Twilight" series may have changed the lives of fans worldwide, but perhaps no one has been more affected by its success than the three stars of the film: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Twilight, Remember Me, New Moon, Adventure, Musical Movies, Entertainment

WKYC

Bill would enlist Ohio schools in obesity fight

Ohio schools would become a key battleground in the fight against childhood obesity, under legislation introduced in both the state House and Senate.

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Daily Report

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No sooner does Treasurer John Kennedy get a good argument started over wasteful public spending than he begins stirring another pot.

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KATU-TV Portland

Yakima teacher appeals firing over alleged sex with student

A high school teacher in Yakima who is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old boy is appealing her firing.

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Related Topix: Yakima, WA

Tue Nov 17, 2009

WHNS

3 In Greenville Co. Receive School Award

South Carolina education officials are recognizing 19 groups and people who volunteer in public schools.

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Related Topix: Greenville County, SC

Channel 3000

Teen Barred From Abortion Protest Sues School

A New Jersey high school student claims in a federal lawsuit that school administrators violated her First Amendment free-speech and religious-freedom rights when they said she couldn't participate in a day of silent protest against abortion.

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Related Topix: Abortion, Troy, OH

CLTV - Chicago Land's TV

Violent threats cause Downstate school district to shut down

A southwestern Illinois school district is closed for a second day after vandals left messages threatening to blow up some of the buildings.

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Related Topix: Girard, IL, Macoupin County, IL

Kypost.Com

Ohio School Board Urged Not To Ease Gym Class Rule

An Olympic gold medalist and an NFL veteran have joined those urging an Ohio school board to keep requiring all high school students to take gym class.

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WDRB-TV Louisville

Indiana schools to participate in federal program

Indiana hopes to win $250 million or more in competitive federal stimulus grants for schools -- money the state superintendent says it deserves because of recent changes lawmakers made to education policies.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

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