Public schools face charity test
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Independent schools will have to prove they are of public benefit to keep tax breaks, the government says.
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OVERLAND PARK, Kansas  - 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.
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By Bob Bernick Jr. Deseret Morning News  The Utah Supreme Court did all Utahns a great favor last Friday.  The high court made a quick ruling that will allow citizens to vote private-school tuition vouchers clearly up or down Nov. 6.
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Two of the nation's largest charitable foundations announced plans Monday to work together to improve education in developing countries in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
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The Archdiocese of Valencia, Spain, said last week more than a million people in the province of Valencia alone have signed a petition to support religion classes in public schools.
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The BBC's Mike Baker looks at the future of school tests.
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Here was the idea: Students from low-income inner-city backgrounds could perform as well as better-off suburban students &#151; if they had a school that gave them proper support.
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State school pupils could be put off Oxbridge because of teachers' misconceptions,  an educational charity says.
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Eleven school districts filed a lawsuit Thursday aimed at forcing the state to pay more for special education. The school districts, including Bethel and Federal Way, collectively represent more than 20,000 special-education students.
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The state education agency is launching an effort to catch cheating on standardized tests, officials announced Monday.
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Families shell out a small fortune to send their kids back to school.
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School governors must be drawn from a wider range of ethnic groups and ages, a charity says.
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A public school has stirred debate over whether it can teach Hebrew without violating the church-state divide.
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H.R. 4283 is the answer to for-profit educators' prayers.
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By Nicole Stricker, The Salt Lake Tribune  Feb. 28--School cooks, janitors and bus drivers got a little legislative  love Tuesday when they were added to the public education funding bonanza.
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In the nation&#39;s first comparison of test scores between children in charter schools and regular public schools, students in traditional public schools fared better than similar students in charter schools, The New York Times reported today.
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By Tiffany Erickson Deseret Morning News  The race is officially on for the lovers and haters of the proposed private school voucher program, who are trying to gather support before the Nov. 6 election.