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TALLAHASSEE –  Gov. Rick Scott hosted a rally backing charter schools Wednesday. Scott wants the power to flip failing public schools into private hands. A handful of new laws are aimed at making it easier for charter schools to get up and running. Wendy Howard and her daughter, Jessica, from Pasco County want lawmakers to pass [...]

The battle lines have been drawn in an unusual public records spat between a state agency responsible for upholding election laws and the U.S. Postal Service. The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday asked a federal court to dismiss a California Fair Political Practices Commission lawsuit accusing the U.S. Postal Service of withholding records. The commission regulates the political [...]

A variety of events — from participating in sports to going on mission trips, to helping grandparents or facing challenges as diverse as fires and mental illness — have helped local teens learn the laws by which they intend to lead their lives. The winners of the 14th annual Laws of Life essay contest were [...]

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — DODDS officials in Europe are reviewing school bus transportation policies and procedures after a fourth-grader got off her school bus and was hit by another school bus while crossing the street in Sembach. The 9-year-old DODDS-Europe student, who school officials declined to identify due to privacy laws, was crossing in front of [...]

Education Minister Jody Carr has released more details about new anti-bullying directives he plans to issue this spring, based on preliminary recommendations he’s received from a ministerial advisory committee. Carr told CBC News on Tuesday there must to be consequences for repeat bullies, but removing students from school should be a last resort. “If we [...]

When Idaho Education Association Executive Director Robin Nettinga asked a group of Boise and Meridian teachers for their biggest concerns, the first two words that rang out were “jobs” and “demoralization.” About 40 Treasure Valley teachers gathered at Boise High School on Monday for a public forum before lunching with lawmakers. Similar forums, minus the [...]

The Hollywood version? It’s already a done deal. In a rare mix of hot policy debate and old-fashioned screen drama, 20th Century Fox is preparing a September release for “Won’t Back Down.” The film heads smack into the controversies around so-called parent trigger laws that in California and a handful of other states allow parents [...]

Summerville mom Angie Grant was teased by family over the Christmas holiday for digging through her in-laws’ trash for the little coupons known as Box Tops for Education. ‘It might just be 10 cents, but it becomes obsessive,’ she said. ‘Every one counts.’ Grant collects the coupons in two baggies, one for each of her [...]

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 13–> • New scrutiny of “return on investment.” ALEC wants a better trained workforce, but its members do not want to spend more on public education. To arm Republicans against calls to do that, conservative think tanks have produced studies showing Florida teachers’ total compensation (including benefits) looks good when divided by [...]

AN exclusive Melbourne school is seeking an exemption from anti-discrimination laws to get a better balance between boys and girls. Bayside school Cornish College is concerned about the make-up of several classes and has applied to VCAT to advertise for boys or girls only, depending on the year level. The school has only five boys [...]