Education

June 6, 2006 - A new report by the Southern Growth Policy Board says:

May 25, 2006 - This may be old news for some of you, but I just stumbled across this story the other day:

April 18, 2006 - Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue signed Georgia's tough new immigration legislation into law yesterday:

March 24, 2006 - The Arkansas Times breaks an important story this week in the national war against science and reason, this time in the state's public schools:

March 23, 2006 - Florida lawmakers say that 30,000 students attending private schools on taxpayer funded vouchers should not be held to the same FCAT (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test) testing requirements as students attending public schools:

March 23, 2006 - It's not just Halliburton that's raking in big contracts these days. The Washington Post has a revealing story today about far-right, religious organizations that are landing mega-deals under the Bush administration, like Heritage Community Services in Charleston, South Carolina:

February 7, 2006 - Mayors from three of the four large metropolitan counties in Tennessee met with Gov. Bredesen to discuss the state's Basic Education Plan funding formula. They argue that their counties are being shortchanged:

January 5, 2006 - Posted by R. Neal The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that Florida's voucher program is unconstitutional:

November 30, 2005 - Hampton University is a private, historically-black college in Virginia, just off the Chesapeake Bay. It's also a college that apparently will go to great lengths to stifle political dissent, as students have discovered as they face expulsion for handing out literature and holding a peaceful demonstration on campus on November 2.

November 29, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal Once again I have to comment on another embarrassing story from my own back yard. I'm sure you heard about this already, because it made the national wires and cable news: