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On March 7, Rep. Jim Banks introduced the Military Education Savings Act of 2018 to divert funding from a long-standing federal program, Impact Aid, into a voucher-like program to pay for private school tuition, tutoring, or homeschooling materials for military families. The bill is modeled off a Heritage Foundation proposal, which is supported by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, to create education savings accounts for certain military-connected students-or students who have a parent on active duty.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments a week ago today for a case with big repercussions for public-sector unions and their political influence across the country. The case at hand is Janus v.
Romania's president Klaus Iohannis named Viorica Dan... . Romanian Prime Minister designate Viorica Dancila speaks to media in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018.
California Democrats are toying with a brash scheme to skirt a new federal cap on state and local tax deductions: Instead of paying taxes to the Golden State, Californians would be allowed to donate the money to the state's coffers - and deduct the entire sum from their federal taxes. The hastily drafted proposal - to be unveiled as soon as Wednesday, when lawmakers return from a monthslong recess - strikes back at one of the least popular elements of the GOP's tax overhaul, one that hit California and other high-tax, high-cost states the hardest.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks through Statuary Hall for final passage of the Republican tax reform bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday. Republicans muscled the most sweeping rewrite of the nation's tax laws in more than three decades through the House.
One of the most celebrated educational experiments in history was performed by James Mill, the British historian, on his eldest son, John Stuart Mill, who was born outside London in 1806. John began learning Greek when he was three, and read Herodotus and other historians and philosophers before commencing Latin, at the age of seven.
Early results Tuesday night showed the anti-school-voucher slate of candidates leading in a contentious race for the Douglas County School Board. The winners will not only take control of the seven-member body but also could set the stage for the future of school vouchers nationwide.
The former D.C. Public Schools chancellor received a reprimand attached to no actual punishment for corrupt practices during her tenure, according to a Thursday report. The D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability issued a reprimand of Kaya Henderson for favoritism when admitting children of government officials and others to certain schools, reported The Washington Post .
So it goes that a subdued Einstein is a slower Einstein, robbed of original thought, his genius stolen away in the name of decorum. Whether the drug for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder would have transformed the German physicist into a dullard is a subject for researchers and activists to debate.
Edith Windsor, a widow who brought a landmark Supreme Court case that struck down parts of a federal anti-gay marriage law and paved a path toward legalizing same-sex nuptials nationwide, died Tuesday. She was 88. Windsor died in New York, said her lawyer, Roberta Kaplan.
The state legislature's budget-writing committee has signed-off on a plan that will increase education funding from the state by $639 million over the next two years. The package of changes approved by the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee on Monday includes an increase in per-pupil funding, raises income eligibility caps for private school vouchers, and puts restrictions on when school districts can hold referenda votes.
Authorities say an SUV being chased by the U.S. Border Patrol in the San Diego area tumbled off a freeway, killing three occupants. Authorities say an SUV being chased by the U.S. Border Patrol in the San Diego area tumbled off a freeway, killing three occupants.
TAX CRED SCHOOL VOUCHERS 081117: Map states with tax credit school voucher programs; 2c x 3 inches; with BC-US--Tax Credit School Vouchers; JEM; ETA 3 a.m. In this photo taken Aug. 8, 2017, Kelsey Nellis, second from right, instructs employees in preparation for the start of the school year at the Mountain View Christian Schools in Las Vegas. More than a third of U.S. states have created school voucher programs that bypass thorny constitutional and political issues by turning them over to non-profits that rely primarily on businesses to fund them.
More than a third of U.S. states have crea... . In this photo taken Aug. 8, 2017, Kelsey Nellis, second from right, instructs employees in preparation for the start of the school year at the Mountain View Christian Schools in Las Vegas.
"MunIfecas"-a short film directed by Santa Monica College film student Osvaldo Ozuna-won the Best Student Film Award at the 2017 Prague Independent Film Festival held August 3-6 in the Czech Republic capital. SANTA MONICA, CA-Santa Monica College is pleased to announce that the SMC student-film production "MunIfecas" has won the Best Student Film Award at the 2017 Prague Independent Film Festival .
In 2016 the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of affirmative action at the University of Texas-Austin , further validating the use of race in admissions policies around the country. The efforts of opponents of affirmative action were temporarily stymied, but they have reemerged with a lawsuit against Harvard University claiming the school discriminates against Asian-Americans, The New York Times reported.
Hundreds of protestors hold signs and chant at a rally in front of the Colorado State Capitol Building, in Denver. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is scheduled to deliver a speech to the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, which backs school choice policies coast to coast.
To graduate from a public high school in Chicago, students will soon have to meet a new and unusual requirement: They must show that they've secured a job or received a letter of acceptance to college, a trade apprenticeship, a gap year program or the military. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, D, said he wants to make clear that the nation's third-largest school system is not just responsible for shepherding teenagers to the end of their senior year, but also for setting them on a path to a productive future.