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APNewsBreak: Franciscan files tell abuse story
Robert Van Handel was a 15-year-old seminarian at St. Anthony's, a prestigious Franciscan boarding school, when, he said, a priest slipped into the infirmary where he was recovering from a fever and began to molest him. The priest told him it would help draw the fever out. More than a ...
NC law to tie corporate tax break, private tuition
North Carolina lawmakers this week will introduce legislation that would let corporations send up to $40 million of their state taxes next year to a program that would give low-income children up to $4,000 to attend private or religious schools. House Majority Leader Paul Stam, R-Wake, announced the plan Tuesday ...
Quebec students mark 100 days of tuition protests
Tens of thousands of students marched through the streets of Montreal on Tuesday to mark 100 days since the movement against higher tuition fees began. The protest comes after Quebec's provincial government passed emergency legislation to end Canada's most sustained student demonstrations ever. Protesters carrying red banners and signs, the ...
Joplin remembers deadly tornado, 1 year later
Carrying small American flags and wearing T-shirts bearing the names of friends and loved ones who died when a massive tornado tore through Joplin one year ago, thousands of people made a somber march Tuesday through some of the town's hardest-hit neighborhoods. Residents and officials are dedicated to remembering their ...
Newark weighs options to cut bloated teacher ranks
Newark leaders, searching for the best way to reduce the number of teachers in a shrinking school system, have raised the possibility of using some of the $100 million donation from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for teacher buyouts. But they say such an alternative could be pursued only if the ...
APNewsBreak: Franciscan files tell abuse story
Robert Van Handel was a 15-year-old seminarian at St. Anthony's, a prestigious Franciscan boarding school, when, he said, a priest slipped into the infirmary where he was recovering from a fever and began to molest him. The priest told him it would help draw the fever out. More than a ...
5,100 new voucher slots available to La. students
More than 5,000 Louisiana students in 33 parishes can get new taxpayer-funded voucher slots at private schools this fall, under a law pushed by Gov. Bobby Jindal that created a statewide voucher program. The state education department on Tuesday unveiled the list of private and parochial schools that have been ...
Miami teachers union calls for tax amnesty
The teachers union in Miami-Dade County has proposed what could be an innovative way to raise extra money for education: A tax amnesty program that would go after homestead exemption cheats. At a news conference Tuesday, the United Teachers of Dade announced plans to push for a pilot program that ...
Ill. Senate rejects anti-bullying legislation
A push to make Illinois schools adopt more detailed policies to prevent bullying fell short Tuesday in the state Senate amid concerns that its real purpose was to lecture students on embracing homosexuality. The measure fell one vote short of passage, although it could get another chance in the remaining ...
Fort Smith woman arrested for fake bomb threat
Police say they've arrested a 34-year-old Fort Smith woman on suspicion of phoning in a bomb threat to her child's junior high school. Police say someone called Darby Junior High School last Thursday morning and reported that a bomb was in the building. The school was evacuated and checked for ...
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