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Improving Preschool
5:08 pm
Thu December 6, 2012

Oregon Wins $20 Million In Federal Early Learning Funds

Credit U.S. Department of Education website
The federal money will help train preschool teachers and will set up a voluntary grading system for preschools.

Oregon learned Thursday it’s getting more than $20 million from the federal government to improve preschool education.

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Idaho School Bans Book
6:06 pm
Mon September 24, 2012

Idaho School Bans ‘Like Water For Chocolate’ For Sexual Content

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"Like Water for Chocolate" has become a contemporary classic of Latin American literature, but has drawn complaints from some school districts in Wisconsin, Arizona and now Idaho.

A school district in southwest Idaho says the book “Like Water for Chocolate” is inappropriate for high school sophomores. It’s banning the book from the curriculum.

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Likelihood Of College Gradation
6:01 pm
Mon August 6, 2012

Will Your 4-Year-Old Graduate College? OSU Study Offers A Clue

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A key indicator of whether a child will graduate college shows up even before kindergarten, according to a new study.

One of the key indicators of whether a student will go on to finish college shows up before the child even starts kindergarten. That’s the conclusion of new research from Oregon State University.

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Warrantless Searches In Schools
5:57 pm
Thu August 2, 2012

Wash. Supreme Court Blocks Warrantless Searches By School Cops

Credit Washngton Courts website
The Washington Supreme Court ruled that police officers working in schools can't search students without a warrant.

A teacher or principal doesn’t need a warrant to search a student. But a police officer working in a school does, according to a new ruling from the Washington Supreme Court.

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