AM News: Public Blames Parents Most Of All
Obama Signs Child Nutrition Bill Into Law: The $4.5 billion measure increases the federal reimbursement for free school lunches by 6 cents a meal at a time when many school officials say they can't afford to provide the meals... RI ed chief: Closing troubled school an option: Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist says closing a troubled high school where the entire teaching staff was fired, and later rehired, is an option if things don't improve... Education fills big space on Brown's chalkboard: As the governor-elect prepares to take office, California's schools are confronted by a lack of funding that threatens to further harm pupils and a controversial reform movement that could dramatically reshape how classrooms are run... Parents Blamed Most Often For Failing Education System, Poll Finds: An Associated Press-Stanford University Poll on education found that 68 percent of adults believe parents deserve heavy blame for what's wrong with the U.S. education system... Menino to focus solely on education in speech: Mayor Thomas M. Menino will use his final major policy speech of the year today to push a contentious plan to close or merge 18 city schools... US sues school over denial of Muslim pilgrimage: The federal government sued a suburban Chicago school district Monday for denying a Muslim middle school teacher unpaid leave to make a pilgrimage to Mecca that is a central part of her religion... More states let students opt out of P.E. classes: Despite concerns about obesity among young people, the number of states that allow students to waive physical education classes has grown.