LONDON ? Rupert Murdoch’s media empire apologized and agreed to cash payouts Thursday to 37 people ? including a movie star, a soccer player, a top British politician and the son of a serial killer ? who were harassed and phone-hacked by his tabloid press. The four ? Jude Law, Ashley Cole, John Prescott and [...]
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Judge upholds Indiana school voucher law (AP)
Sunday, 15 January 2012
INDIANAPOLIS ? A judge upheld Indiana’s school voucher law on Friday, rejecting opponents’ arguments that it unconstitutionally uses public money to support religion. Marion Superior Court Judge Michael Keele said the School Choice Scholarship program doesn’t violate the state constitution because the state isn’t directly funding parochial schools. Instead, it gives scholarship vouchers to parents, [...]
GOP hopefuls would limit federal role in education (AP)
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
WASHINGTON ? When it comes to education, the Republican field of presidential candidates has a unified stance: Get the federal government out of schools. How they’d do that varies. Take the Education Department. Reps. Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul along with Texas Gov. Rick Perry want to shut it down altogether, while Rick Santorum and [...]