Topic: Education
Report: States team up on new academic standards
AP News
Report: Governors, state school leaders team up on new academic standardsGovernors and state education leaders are proposing a new set of standards to define what should be taught in the nation's public schools, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The new benchmarks, to be announced Wednesday, are meant to replace ...
Teacher backs SUV into Mich. preschool classroom
AP Features
A teacher trying to park her SUV Tuesday backed through a large window and into a classroom at the suburban Detroit school where she taught, slightly injuring several preschool students, authorities said. The teacher was trying to park her Jeep outside Huda School & Montessori, a private Islamic school, and ...
First lady to deliver 3 commencement addresses
AP News
First lady to deliver commencement addresses at 2 colleges, 1 high school this springFirst lady Michelle Obama will be the featured graduation speaker at three commencement ceremonies this spring. Mrs. Obama will speak to graduates at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff on May 8. The White House says ...
Top home-school texts dismiss Darwin, evolution
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Home-schooling parents who prefer evolution say textbook publishers push Bible's origin storyHome-school mom Susan Mule wishes she hadn't taken a friend's advice and tried a textbook from a popular Christian publisher for her 10-year-old's biology lessons. Mule's precocious daughter Elizabeth excels at science and has ...
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