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  • When Evidence Doesn't Matter

    10/17/2007 10:47:12 AM PDT · by GoldwaterInstitute · 39+ views
    The Goldwater Institute ^ | October 17, 2007 | Dan Lips
    Next month, voters in Utah will go to the polls to decide whether to give parents the opportunity to choose the best school for their children. The National Education Association is pouring resources into the state to defeat the initiative. Signed into law by Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., in February, the Parent Choice in Education Act would offer tuition scholarships to each of Utah's 500,000 public school students and to all low-income children currently attending private schools. The scholarships would be worth between $500 and $3,000, with students from lower-income families receiving greater assistance. By 2020, every child in the...
  • Ex-Student Sues Over Explusion {in Shreveport}

    02/12/2004 5:32:45 AM PST · by Theodore R. · 6 replies · 260+ views
    Shreveport, LA, Times ^ | 02-12-04 | Brumble, Melody
    <p>A lawyer representing a parent who sued Captain Shreve High School and the Caddo Parish school system has asked that the Captain Shreve principal be put on leave until system officials investigate the handling of an October discipline incident.</p> <p>Melanie Christy is seeking an unspecified amount of damages because her son, Justin Christy, was suspended and then expelled after a fifth of Kentucky Deluxe whiskey fell from his backpack and shattered on the floor during class on Oct. 6, 2003. Justin was a senior.</p>