Under newly proposed legislation, the federal government would no longer fund projects that only teach sex education in the context of “abstinence only until marriage.”
Advocates for a law to prohibit bullying and provide school districts with the tools to address the problem were dealt a stinging rebuke Wednesday morning in the Republican-controlled Michigan Senate.
About 200 people, representing a diverse array of organizations and unions, marched in Miami on Tuesday to demand accountability from Bank of America and to support the Occupy Miami movement. The protest came on the same day the Bank of America announced it is dropping a controversial More…
A new report published by two conservative think tanks argues the cognitive ability of teachers is on average lower than private sector workers with similar education backgrounds.
It was the most significant tax measure to appear before any U.S. voters this year and early returns suggest voters wanted nothing to do with it. Colorado’s Proposition 103, which would have marginally raised state income and sales taxes to fund education, was drawing roughly 35 percent support in More…
According to a press release, the grants will go toward designing “creative solutions to sustainability challenges in the More…
Communication and education will likely be key to defending Iowa’s merit selection judicial nominating process and avoiding judges being voted out of office for political reasons in the future, several people familiar with the issue say.
Social conservative groups including Iowa Family Policy Center (now known as The Family Leader), More…
At least two Michigan school districts may have violated laws related to sex education in the state in order to play host to a Colorado-based abstinence-only sex education program. A third district did not completely follow state laws in booking the group.
Rep. Eric Cantor, Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, was greeted by about a dozen protesters who stood and turned their backs to him while he spoke at an event at the University of Michigan. Video of the event below the fold:
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board voted last week to eliminate degree programs that were not attracting enough students, including art education, dance and physics at institutions around the state.
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