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EDUCATION / NEWS Thu Jul 12, 2007 @ 8:29am neoform

www.palmbeachpost.com -- Eighty books in high school library stacks are corrupting students with tales of abortion, homosexuality and atheism. That's according to a West Palm Beach mother who has appealed to the school board to remove the books from the shelves of Dreyfoos and Ro.. Read More

EDUCATION / NEWS Wed Feb 14, 2007 @ 8:03am neoform

MSNBC -- The Kansas state Board of Education on Tuesday repealed science guidelines questioning evolution that had made the state an object of ridicule. The new guidelines reflect mainstream scientific views of evolution and represent a political defeat for adv.. Read More

EDUCATION / NEWS Tue Feb 13, 2007 @ 9:27am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- For the fourth time in eight years, the Kansas Board of Education is preparing to take up the issue of evolution and what to teach -- or not teach -- public school students about the origins of life. After victory at the polls in November, a moderate m.. Read More

EDUCATION / NEWS Fri Feb 9, 2007 @ 10:17am mrmdc

FOX News -- Harvard University could be about to name its first female president, as the governing board charged with vetting candidates has narrowed its search to a single one, historian Drew Gilpin Faust, according to published reports. The Harvard Corporation w.. Read More

EDUCATION / NEWS Sun Aug 5, 2007 @ 4:51pm neoform

FOX News -- Oliver W. Hill, a civil rights lawyer who was at the front of the legal effort that desegregated public schools, has died at age 100, a family friend said. Hill died peacefully Sunday at his home during breakfast, said Joseph Morrissey, a friend of the.. Read More

EDUCATION / NEWS Thu May 10, 2007 @ 7:41am neoform

Washington Post -- The Prince George's County Board of Education moved to expel one of its members for "immorality and misconduct" yesterday, the day after he was arrested and charged with having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy he once taught. The action was.. Read More

EDUCATION / NEWS Wed May 2, 2007 @ 4:18pm neoform

Houston Chronicle -- A special school board meeting called to hear the appeal of a student disciplined for playing a violent computer game involving his high school was canceled when four board members stayed away. The Fort Bend Independent School District trustees who did.. Read More

EDUCATION / NEWS Wed Mar 28, 2007 @ 8:27am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- The apparent venality of Tuesday's school board elections brings to mind a knock on my front door a while back. It was the weekend, and as I recall my wife and I were covered with that aromatic dirt that Home Depot sells in big plastic bags. The neighb.. Read More