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Senate passes budget, deal reached on education
The Texas Senate passed a $94.6 billion budget, top policymakers reached overhauling public education and Gov. Rick Perry received a bill requiring drug screening for unemployment benefits on Saturday, as the Texas Legislature worked to wrap up regular business before the end of the 83rd Legislative session. The two-year spending ...
House, Senate reach testing, charter schools deal
House and Senate negotiators said Saturday they have reached a deal to overhaul high school standardized testing and curriculum standards while also dramatically increasing the number of charter schools allowed to operate in Texas. Public Education has dominated the legislative session, with both chambers approving different versions of a charter ...
Wis. special ed teacher faces sex-related charges
A Milwaukee special education teacher faces charges for allegedly fondling himself in front of students who are cognitively delayed, according to a criminal complaint filed Saturday. The complaint charges Kevin France, 37, of Milwaukee with four counts of causing a child between the ages of 13 and 17 to view ...
Billings YMCA has gaming bikes
Loren Rogge gripped a game controller and with laser focus on the television screen in front of him, launched into a Sonic video game. He proceeded to work up a sweat. While trying to maneuver through the game, the 9-year-old third-grader from Boulder Elementary simultaneously pedaled on a gaming bike ...
After voucher ruling, online course plan pared
A state program to offer public school students online courses provided by colleges or private companies is being scaled back. The "Course Choice" online program was approved last year as part of the legislation that expanded the state's voucher program, which pays private school tuition for some students from poorly ...
Girl's suicide after alleged attack troubles town
One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott walked up the driveway of a classmate's home alongside other teenagers. She'd told her parents she was spending the night with a friend. The friend claimed she was sleeping at Audrie's. Instead, the girls were having a party. A classic teenage ...
Saturday's AA prep boys track results
Here are Saturday's results in the class AA boys state track and field meet at Eastern Illinois: Team Scores — 1, Cahokia (H.S.), 99.50. 2, East St. Louis (Sr.), 40. 3, Bloomington (H.S.), 37. 4, Lake Villa (Lakes), 29. 5, Dolton (Thornridge), 26. 6, Maple Park (Kaneland), 24. 7, Charleston, ...
Christian school criticized over dinosaur test
It was labeled "4th grade science quiz. Dinosaurs: Genesis and the Gospel." Eighteen questions. The first four were true or false. The earth is billions of years old. A lopsided pencil mark circled false. Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago, another circle: false. It went on from there, testing students ...
Home programs are preschool in its earliest form
Caleb Cantres-Maldonado was all of 6 weeks old and just stirring from a nap when his mother propped him up and pointed him in the direction of a picture book. "Look what I have! See the book?" said Milenka St. Clair, a family support worker who visits Caleb's Manassas home ...
No. of Ky babies born addicted to drugs increases
Health officials, health care workers and drug control professionals are talking about the problems surrounding Kentucky babies who are born addicted to drugs. The Courier-Journal (http://cjky.it/17ZQlz1) reports that hospitalizations for addicted newborns rose from 29 in 2000 to 730 in 2011, a 2,400 percent increase. At a meeting last week ...
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