Starbucks-Ariz. St. to offer full tuition reimbursement
A partnership between Starbucks and Arizona State University could bear fruit, as the company has agreed to reimburse some employees' tuition fully.
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Southern IL students to get hands-on entrepreneurship
A program that has been spreading in Illinois, the CEO class, partners with local business investors to create an entrepreneurship mentoring program.
Calif. judge says teacher tenure is unconstitutional
Calif. laws that give teachers tenure, the right to due process to prevent whimsical firing, have been ruled unconstitutional. We think it's a mistake.
Cyberbullying law challenged in court
Laws that make it a crime to commit cyberbullying are increasingly being challenged on free speech grounds, but nothing yet from a high court.
Students sue who missed prom waiting for alcohol test
Students in Florida are suing their school for denying them the opportunity to attend prom. They were made to stand outside to wait for a breathalyzer test.
Ohio teacher takes students to a pawnshop
An Ohio teacher took students on a field trip to high-interest lending businesses to teach them the importance of their credit score.
VAM may be unfair in FL, but it’s constitutional
The use of standardized test scores to evaluate teachers may be unfair and unwise, but a federal judge in Florida didn't find anything unconstitutional about it.
Prayer at government meetings is constitutional
A divided Supreme Court says prayers, even sectarian prayers, that open legislative sessions are perfectly constitutional. We disagree.
The Pop-tart gun case gets a public hearing
When a 2nd grader was suspended after he had chewed a breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun, we were puzzled. Many facts have now come to light.
1st Amendment in the LA Clipper bigotry case
We have a brief comment, not about Donald Sterling's fine for racism, but on the 1st Amendment's non-applicability in this case.