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POLL: Should religious schools reject children of gay parents?

The Dallas Morning News has an interesting article up that asks the question, Should a religious school reject the child of gay parents? It mentions the example of 4 year old Olivia Harrison, who was rejected by St.

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Do School Lunches Plump Up Poor Kids?

children who participate in the school lunch program are more likely to become obese than those who don't. In a surprising twist, though, the federally subsidized School Breakfast Program has the opposite effect.

Benefactor funds every California teacher's wish list from DonorsChoose.org

Out of the blue, in the middle of a recession, the phone rang. What would it cost, the caller asked the founder of DonorsChoose.org, to fund every California teacher's wish list posted on the Web site?

Schools Ban Cancer Awareness Bracelets for Offensive Message -- What Do You Think?

Bracelets promoting breast cancer awareness are causing a stir at school districts across the country, leading some educators to ban them from classrooms for a message that some say is in poor taste.

Childhood hunger research findings released

Hunger particularly affects children younger than 3, whose brains and bodies are growing rapidly.

Mississippi Middle School Segregates Class Elections by Race

It's still unclear what the reasoning behind the rules is—some kind of utterly misguided attempt at affirmative action, so that the student government won't end up entirely white (the school is around 72 percent white, according to The Smoking Gun)? Plain old racism? Hilarious  …

Bullies on bullying: Why we do It

Envy, lack of parental attention, homosexuality among causes, new study reveals

Practice opens for team hit by medical condition

Doctors were trying to determine why 24 McMinnville High School players developed a condition that caused intense pain and dangerous swelling in their arms and hospitalized two boys just as a football training camp was getting under way.

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Controversy over school visits to 'Creationist Zoo'

Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, which supports the view that life was created by a divine force, is among a series of attractions to be awarded the Learning Outside the Classroom mark.

GOP-linked punk rock ministry says executing gays is "moral"

"Muslims are calling for the executions of homosexuals in America," Dean said on YCR's May 15 radio show on AM 1280 the Patriot.

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