Elementary Schoolteacher Seizes Bibles Given as Gifts The superintendent of a suburban Fort Worth school district said a third-grade teacher confiscated Bibles that were presented as gifts by a student during an Easter party because they weren't approved for distribution. In a statement Friday, Superintendent Edd Bigbee of the Azle school district said Bibles and other materials distributed in a classroom must first be approved by either the principal or the superintendent.
The Bush M.O. Example Number One is the disastrous education bill, which was just passed last week. Authored by Teddy Kennedy – who Bush has assiduously courted and invited to the White House more than most Republicans – this bill expands the role of the federal government in local education practices. And it has none of the "choice" initiatives that Republicans have campaigned on for years and which are a part of the basic GOP platform. In other words, Bush just chucked the entire school voucher aspect of education reform and, instead, happily agreed to the Kennedy plan.