Judge upholds Indiana school voucher law (AP)
AP – A judge upheld Indiana’s school voucher law on Friday, rejecting opponents’ arguments that the largest such program in the nation unconstitutionally uses public money to support religion.
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Fed court orders RI school to remove prayer mural (AP)
AP – A federal judge has ordered the immediate removal of a prayer mural displayed in the auditorium of a Rhode Island public high school.
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Teen student drowns in Conn. pool during gym class (AP)
AP – Authorities say a teenage boy has drowned in his Connecticut high school’s swimming pool during gym class.
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Teen in Texas school shooting says he was bullied (AP)
AP – A Houston teenager accused of shooting a classmate in the leg at school says he was defending himself from a group of boys who have been bullying him.
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Seven hurt as bomb hits madrassa in Nigeria (Reuters)
Reuters – Assailants threw a homemade bomb into a madrassa in southern Nigeria’s Delta state, police said, wounding seven people and escalating tensions between Muslims and Christians after a spate of church bombings across the nation.
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Suit in Mass. bullying case was settled for $225K (AP)
AP – A lawsuit brought by the parents of Phoebe Prince, a 15-year-old Irish immigrant in Massachusetts who committed suicide after relentless bullying, was settled for $225,000, according to documents made public Tuesday.
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Students prosecuted for cheating on college entrance exam (Reuters)
Reuters – Twenty current and former students from five Long Island high schools face charges in what is believed to be the nation’s first criminal prosecution for cheating on the SAT college entrance exam, authorities said on Tuesday.
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GOP hopefuls criticize student loan programs (AP)
AP – Republicans Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich criticized the nation’s student loan programs, saying they had failed taxpayers.
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Obama: GOP wants ‘to gut investments in education’ (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama chided congressional Republicans Tuesday for “trying to gut our investments in education,” and announced new steps to tackle early childhood education that won’t require legislation.
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Alabama immigration law leaves schools gripped by uncertainty (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor – Thursday Alabama became the first state in the nation to require public schools to check the immigration status of children when they enroll.
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