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Cole said, while teachers in general are not opposed to reform, "these bills are not backed up by experienced educators who have an idea of what the profession involves in the classroom."

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It is a way for school officials to keep track of their students and it is troubling some parents.  The database cost around $100 million and was financed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  It allows schools to track students, not only from their social security numbers, but also what they have done w

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Senator Rick Santorum joined 'Mornings With Ken and Bernie' today to discuss his upcoming appearance in Lafayette.  Santorum will be speaking at the Cajundome on Saturday March 9, 2013 at a benefit for John Paul the Great Academy in Lafayette.  When asked what he thought about the erosion of family value

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Earlier this week, five states announced plans to add a minimum of 300 extra hours to molding young minds in the classroom next year in hopes of strengthening the American student performance.

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Lawmakers in Texas are exploring affordable-education options for people under the financial hammer of the nation’s exploding tuition rates. The most controversial option is a bachelor’s degree for $10,000, which would cover tuition costs and textbooks.

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Pre-kindergarten education and readiness is becoming a priority in Louisiana.

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A vote to make a major change across the state.

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The arguments for the lawsuit were meant to be this Monday, but have now been re-scheduled.

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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released its Education at a Glance 2012 report, and two of its conclusions jumped out at us: 1) countries that spend more on education tend to have more highly educated populations, and 2) the more educated you are, the more likely you are to be employed.

While that may not sound too surprising, it’s an important reminder of just how valuable education is in the current globalized economy—especially following a calamity like the 2008 financial collapse and subsequent recession that America is still ever-so-slowly recovering from.

Taken as a whole, the report is a good indicator of which countries are the most educated, and, helpfully, the OECD showed us how they made those determinations.

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The groups behind the lawsuit are stating that the new law is unconstitutional.

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"Free To Learn" is a fund-raising campaign to benefit Special Olympics and can help one family pay for education expenses.

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It was approved by a 13 to 5 vote Wednesday night.

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