Science materials in Texas get prelim. approval (AP)

AP – An expected fight over teaching evolution in Texas classrooms fizzled Thursday when the state’s Board of Education gave preliminary approval to supplemental science materials for the coming school year and beyond with only minor changes.

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More states defying federal gov’t on education law (AP)

AP – At least three states are vowing to ignore the latest requirements under the No Child Left Behind law in an act of defiance against the federal government that demonstrates their growing frustration over an education program they say sets unrealistic benchmarks for schools.

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Family group sues New York City schools over light fixtures (Reuters)

Reuters – A coalition of families has filed a lawsuit demanding that New York City public schools remove aging fluorescent light fixtures it says are leaking a toxic substance that may harm children’s health.

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Teaching evolution up for debate again in Texas (AP)

AP – The debate over teaching evolution in public schools is resurfacing at the Texas State Board of Education.

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India’s "recycled" school teaches environmental lessons (Reuters)

Reuters – On a regular school day, four-year-old Kush Bhattacharya can leave his mathematics class to run barefoot on grass, hide from his friends in a cave made of cow dung and return to recite nursery rhymes in a red bus that doubles up as a classroom.

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For-profit colleges sue Dept of Education over new rule (Reuters)

Reuters – An association of for-profit colleges in the United States has sued the Department of Education to block the implementation of a controversial rule, saying the rulemaking process was flawed and the agency was overreaching in its capacity to frame such rules.

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Only seven Atlanta educators quit amid cheating scandal (Reuters)

Reuters – Just seven of 178 Atlanta educators implicated in a standardized test cheating scandal resigned or retired on Wednesday to avoid being fired, a school spokesman said.

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Fired, rehired teachers back at troubled RI school (AP)

AP – Teachers who were fired and ultimately rehired in a dispute that focused national debate over education reform have returned to their Rhode Island classrooms amid hopes that changes they agreed to will help improve student performance at their persistently troubled high school.

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