Education
Grosse Pointe North science teacher gets honors
The state Department of Education has named Gary Abud Jr. of Grosse Pointe North High School as 2013-2014 Michigan Teacher of the Year. State schools Superintendent Mike Flanagan announced the honors Thursday. Abud is a science teacher with six years' classroom experience and was selected from 16 semifinalists. The department ...
Bills seeks $2M for Teach for America
Gov. Brian Sandoval's proposal to allocate $2 million to Teach for America has new life in the Nevada Senate. SB517 was introduced Thursday and referred to the Senate Finance Committee, where the proposal was stalled earlier by partisan divide when it was considered as part of the governor's K-12 education ...
Senate passes additional Newtown-related bills
Connecticut lawmakers on Thursday began building on a package of reforms the General Assembly passed in April that addressed the Newtown school shooting, requiring annual firearms safety training for armed security in local schools and improvements in mental health services for children. Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, whose district ...
Nixon library hosts reunion for Vietnam POWs
U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Doug Burns was on a night reconnaissance mission searching for enemy trucks when he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. Burns broke three vertebrae when he ejected into a flooded rice paddy and spent the first weeks of his ...
Congress fights over student loans
Another fight in Washington has college students stuck in the cross fire. If Congress does nothing, interest rates for new subsidized stafford student loans will double on July first. (Cox Washington Bureau)
WSU squares off against golf course opponents
Opponents of a 7,305-yard golf course at Washington State University contend the school is mining a declining aquifer that provides water to the region for an amenity. University officials contend their use of the water is lawful. The two sides squared off before the Washington Supreme Court on Thursday. The ...
Arena Football League set to touch down in China
The AFL is set to go long — really long — and touch down in China. The Arena Football League is taking expansion to a global level with plans to export their 50-yard fields and high-scoring offenses to Asia. Are you ready for some "mei shi gan lan qiu!?" That's ...
Okla. Legislature honors Moore schools educators
The Oklahoma Legislature on Thursday honored two educators from a school district where a massive tornado destroyed one elementary school and heavily damaged another. Robert Romines, incoming superintendent of Moore Public Schools, and Shelly McMillin, principal of Briarwood Elementary School, appeared before the Oklahoma House and Senate just four days ...
Highlights from around the Capitol
Nearly 2,000 people went to Gov. Rick Perry's website in January to sound off on how lawmakers should cut taxes by $1.8 billion. Many won't get what they wanted. The state sales tax rate isn't budging. Another sales tax holiday isn't in the works. Nor is the Texas Legislature raising ...
House votes to let Ore. community colleges compete
The Oregon Legislature on Thursday sent Gov. John Kitzhaber a bill that would repeal a prohibition on public community colleges creating programs that compete with offerings of for-profit career colleges. Supporters of the ban say it enables for-profit universities to compete on a level playing field with public colleges. But ...
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