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=The GOP'S New War on Schools= =The Koch Brothers And The Battle Over Integration in Wake County's Schools= =Plaintiff In Education Funding Lawsuit says 'There Were Not Enough Books, Supplies'= =Sen. Heath's Initiative 25 Aims To Reverse Perennial Decreases In Colorado Education Funding= =Colorado Lawsuit Calls For More K-12 Funding= =Texas Schools are Expected to charge Fees for Basic Services= =Michele Bachmann Silent On Teen Suicides In Her School District, Opposed Anti-Bullying Bill= =Hillsborough school chief urges new teachers - join the union= =Survey - Nearly 30% of Michigan teachers report pressure to cheat= =New Orleans schools - A nexus of poverty, high expulsion rates, hyper-security and novice teachers= =New York City Can Close Schools, Open Charters in Public Buildings= =Washington district considers year-round school to ease overcrowding= =Florida Teachers Union Sues State Over 'Religious Freedom' Amendment= =Ohio Union Law Repeal To Appear On November Ballot= =Failing And Low-Performing Schools - Given The Chance, Few Close= =Cheating scandal adds fuel to debate over high-stakes tests= =NJ Education Reform Proposals For Teachers Blocked, State Sees Education Funding Increase= =Frank Talk About School Reform Politicking Draws Ire= =New Bill Aims to Maintain Diversity in Charter Schools= =[|States Continue Push to Toughen Teacher Policies]= =Census - Share Of Children In US Hits Record Low, Raises Concerns About Future Resources= =Rampant Cheating - Educators Accused Of Tampering With Students' Tests From D.C. To Pennsylvania= =Detroit Charter High Schools Underperform Public Counterparts, Analysis Shows= =Denver Vouchers Face Preliminary Injunction Filed In Two Lawsuits= =Atlanta Cheating Scandal - Arne Duncan 'Stunned'= =Utah School district Refuses to Negotiate with Teachers= =Illinois Drops Writing From Standardized Tests, Worrying Educators= =As Budgets Are Trimmed, Time in Class Is Shortened= =Reading, writing, rollbacks as stimulus ends= =Atlanta Public Schools Shaken By Cheating Report= =National Teacher Layoffs Could Reach 60,000= =Federal Survey Highlights Opportunity Gaps= =N.J. Dems Approve Sharp Rise in Teacher Pension, Health Care Costs= =Cuomo Secures Big Givebacks In Union Deal= =Education Laws In Ohio, Idaho Subject Of Repeal Campaigns= =Memphis City Schools students will get to grade their teachers= =Charter School Laws Surge in Maine, N.C. and Tenn.= =New lawsuit filed against Wisconsin union law= =Milwaukee's Voucher Program Discriminates Based On Disabilities, ACLU Says= =[|10 Ways America Has Become A Low-Tax Country]= =Chris Christie Announces Plan To Privatize New Jersey Public Schools=

=Michigan Next State To Consider Teacher Tenure Reform Legislation=

=Parents, Students Create PSA Against Budget Cuts= =Students Raise Voices to Save Teachers, Get New Computers= =Assault on Texas Education= =Charter Schools Tied to Turkey Grow in Texas= =North Carolina Lawmaker's Third-Grade Daughter Writes Him Letter To Protest Education Cuts= =Librarian Positions Cut In Schools Across The Country= =Schools Bend to Conservatives' Request for Names of Wisc. Protesters= =Tea Party Targets Schools For 'Constitution Week'= =Challenging Idaho's New Education Laws, One Signature at a Time= =Judge Voids Wisconsin Law Curbing Unions= ='Taxpayer Advocates' Shocking Public Schools= =Global Education Challenge To Award 250,000 For Ideas To Fix Schools= =NJ gov. says He Will heed court order to boost school aid= =Wis. districts are Urged to Release Names of Teachers Who Protested= =Groups fighting changes to school tax referendums= =Chris Christie Rebuked by New Jersey Supreme Court Over School Funding= =NY Considers Plan to Streamline Teacher Termination Hearings= =Charter school movement exploding in Florida= =Bush-Era Tax Cuts Projected As Largest Contributor To Public Debt= =Labor Cheif to Dems - If You Don't Even Try to Stop the Wrecking Ball, We Won't Support You= =Chicago Students Protest Teacher Firings= = = =Teachers Union, NAACP Sue New York City Education Officials Over School Closures= = = =Ohio School District Adopts Merit Pay for Teachers= = White Teachers Told They're Unfit to Teach Black Students = =[|Pay Freezes Forces Some Teachers in MD District to get Second Jobs]=

= [|Tea Party Wants to Erase Slavery and the Holocaust from Tenn. History Books] = = = = = = GOP Congressman's Education Bill Seeks to Cut 43 Programs = = Illinois Reform Bill Passes With Union Support (Mostly) = = = =Huckabee Makes History Vids for Kids That Celebrate Religion= = = =Teachers Across the Nation Protest Budget Cuts= =Students Walkout to Protest LAUSD Cuts= =California Fails to Weaken Teacher Seniority= = = = Los Angeles Teachers Union Challenges New Evaluation System = = Los Angeles Times Publishes Updated and Expanded Value-Added Ratings of Teachers = = Nearly Half of Detroit's Adults are Functionally Illiterate =

= US Tax Burden Lowest Since 1958 =

= Ohio Could Adopt Parent-Trigger Law = = = = = = = = Main Governor Wants to 'Roll Back' Child Labor Laws = = TAX MAYDAY - Students Lose American Dream While Rich Wait to Pay = = Cost of Tax Cuts for America's Rich Exceeds Budget Cuts = == == == = Education Budget Cuts as Stimulus Money Runs Out = = = =Firefighters, Cops Warn Republicans Anti-Union Stance Has Consequences= =Ohio's Anti-Union Law is Tougher Than Wisconsin's= =Ten Giant U.S. Companies Avoid Income Taxes= =America is Not Broke= =Budget Deficit Is Fed By Corporate Welfare= =To Deal With Deficit, Let Tax Cuts Expire= = =

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