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Teacher Claims She Didn’t Fondle Student Because She Is Racist

A first-grade teacher claims she didn’t fondle a female student because she says she is racist.

2013/04/18

Mom Claims Student’s Lunch Thrown Away For Being 70 Cents Short

A parent of a Stevens High School student – who asked not to be identified — told WOAI San Antonio that her daughter was in line to pay for lunch when she found she only had $1.05 instead of the full $1.75 required to eat the tray of food.

2013/03/22

Report Accuses Miss. Schools Of Sending Students To Juvenile Detention For Farting

Civil rights advocates say harsh disciplinary practices at many Mississippi schools lead to children being expelled and even incarcerated for minor infractions, policies that disproportionally affect minorities.

2013/01/18

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Texas Schools Teaching Boston Tea Party As Terrorist Act

The most historical instance of protesting against taxation without representation is now being taught in Texas schools as a terrorist act.

2012/11/23

Nationally-Recognized HISD Schools

See which high schools are considered the best for academics.

2012/10/19

Attorney Bert Rein, left, speaks to the media while standing with plaintiff Abigail Noel Fisher, right, after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in the affirmative action case stemming from the University of Texas. (credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Texas Affirmative Action Plan In Trouble At Supreme Court

The fate of the University of Texas’ affirmative action program rests with the Supreme Court, where skeptical conservative justices indicated they are ready to impose new limits on the use of race in college admissions.

2012/10/11

The Supreme Court is questioning the University of Texas' use of affirmative action. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Supreme Court Considers Limit On Univ. Of Texas Affirmative Action

The Supreme Court is questioning the University of Texas’ use of race in college admissions in a case that could lead to new limits on affirmative action.

2012/10/10

An El Paso superintendent is being sentenced this week for accepting federal money and failing students to do better on standardized tests. (Photo credit should read SAMUEL KUBANI/AFP/GettyImages)

Superintendent Could Get 3.5 Years For Failing Students For Federal Money

A former superintendent is scheduled to be sentenced Friday for his part in a scheme to fraudulently improve high-stakes school testing scores in the El Paso Independent School District by getting rid of students likely to fail.

2012/10/05

Nearly Half Of Children ‘Left Behind’ In Texas Schools

Nearly half of Texas public and charter schools failed to meet federal accountability standards based on the No Child Left Behind Law.

2012/08/08

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Louisiana Charter School Forces Girls To Take Pregnancy Tests

The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana threatened Tuesday to sue a northeastern Louisiana charter school if it doesn’t change rules that keep pregnant students out of the classroom and require girls under suspicion of being pregnant to be tested.

2012/08/08