Education
NYC Schools Expanding Access to Contraception
Girls as young as 14 will be able to request birth control
Bomb Threats to Suburban Baltimore Schools Yield Additional Security
A high school in Bel Air has had two bomb threats in the last week and five schools are getting extra security from the coutny sheriff's office
Conservative Oregon State Students Sue over Treatment of Newspaper
Claim university trying to keep them from distributing on campus
NV Teacher-Backed Tax Initiative Slapped Down
A judge called the measure description "incomplete," which is a nice way of saying "misleading"
Are Presidential Debates Always a Waste of Time?
From body language to pretty faces, new research looks at what really matters in televised presidential debates.
Bill Gates Gives $500k to Support Gay Marriage Initiative, $2 Million for Charter School Initiative
Two ballot measures in Washington State this November
Despite Performance, Contract Renewal Almost Automatic for Virginia Teachers
That's what you call "job security"
Pediatricians Call for More Cheerleading Regulations
Rent-seeking effort to require things like pre-season physicals
Judge Issues Injunction on Texas District's Ban of Bible Verses for Cheerleaders
The cheerleaders will be able to use banners with Bible verses until the trial in June
Minnesota Backs Down on Banning Free Online College Courses
Officials realize 20-year-old rule didn't take Internet into account
Boy Ordered to Change Schools for Carrying Cystic Fibrosis Gene
Could present to risk with another student who has the disease
WA: With Budgets Tights, School Funding Becomes a Political Football
Never mind that dollars and results are largely unrelated
Schoolkids Suspended for Looking at Topless Pictures of Teacher
Even though she was the owner of them and responsible for accidentally letting the children see them.
Texas School Cheerleaders Can Keep Religious Banners
Judge allows them to stay until court fight
Kombucha Brouhaha at School Leads to Policy Evaluation
Everybody panicked about boy with home-brewed tea
University Diversity Officer Fighting For Her Job After Signing Gay Marriage Petition
Angela McCaskill wants same-sex marriage on Maryland's ballot next month
Democrats Face Off Again in Hawaii Teachers Fight
"Friends of unions" aren't necessarily so when the bills come due
Report: Student Loans Hampered By Same Problems as Mortgages
And home loans have gone so well
French President Makes Moves to Ban Homework
It's unfair some kids get help from their parents
First Successful Parent-Triggered Charter School Takeover Gets Underway
Public elementary school in Adelanto, Calif., will have new operators
