Heartland Newspapers - Education

Oklahoma Legislators Echo Students’ Privacy Concerns

Joy Pullmann
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March 26, 2013
Jenni White knows just why she doesn’t want schools amassing her children’s personal information into national databases accessible to anybody governments designate.

Indiana Governor Avoids Common Core Controversy

Joy Pullmann
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March 25, 2013
In five days, nearly a thousand Indianans and a coalition of 55 organizations signed a letter to Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, requesting that he support a bill to reconsider Common Core.

Studying History Makes Me Cringe

Abby Holtzman
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March 23, 2013
Editor’s note: Holtzman is a 2013 winner of the Emerson Prize for best high school history papers in the world.

Massachusetts Schools Adopt New Transgender Policy

Mary Petrides Tillotson
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March 22, 2013
Massachusetts public schools may have to rearrange locker rooms, restrooms, and sports teams to comply with a new interpretation of laws prohibiting discrimination against transgender children.

‘School Choice 2.0’ Bills Enter Florida Legislature

Lindsey Burke
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March 21, 2013
Florida lawmakers are considering two major school choice proposals: A “charter course” option to let K-12 and college students use tax money for individual classes outside public schools, and educ

Nevada Governor Backs Long-Shot Tax Credit Scholarships

Casey Cheney
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March 20, 2013
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval drew first blood in education reform this legislative session, promoting tax-credit scholarships in his State of the State address.

Greg Lukianoff: Pushing Political Correctness on Teachers and the Next Generation (podcast)

Joy Pullmann
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March 20, 2013
A new book explains how U.S. education's commitment to political correctness destroys free speech and its protection of our constitutional democracy.

South Dakota Law Lets Schools Appoint Armed ‘Sentinels’

Ashley Bateman
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March 19, 2013
Starting July 1, South Dakota schools can appoint a trained person to carry a gun on campus now that Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed the first-of-its-kind “sentinel bill” on March 8.

School Segregation: A Cure Just Like the Disease?

Neal McCluskey
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March 16, 2013
Review of Divided We Fail: The Story of an African American Community That Ended the Era of School Desegregation, by Sarah Garland (Boston: Beacon Press, 2013; 239 pp; 978-0-8070-0177-6, $
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