Sunday, 28 August 2011

Nashville Tennessean Last year's Class 5A state quarterfinalist isn't about to start the 2011 football season against anybody. Northeast coach Issac Shelby could have scheduled anyone inferior to his Eagles, but decided to go after another team that had a similar postseason journey in Jackson Northside. The two teams...
Denver Post Related ArticlesAug 18:Private schools to keep Douglas County voucher students during court fightAug 16:Injunction on Douglas County voucher program leaves families, schools in limboAug 13:Judge halts Douglas County school voucher programAug 12:Judge orders halt to Douglas County voucher programAug...
Huffington Post The Douglas County voucher program may have been halted in last Friday's court order, but it is unclear what that means for students and parents who expected to begin the school year outside of the district with state funds. The preliminary and permanent injunction issued by Denver District Judge...
Denver Post Private schools that agreed to enroll students through the Douglas County district's voucher program are standing by those students, even though a judge halted the program Friday. Denver District Judge Michael A. Martinez issued a permanent injunction against the Choice Scholarship Program after...
Houston Chronicle Key issues 1. Can Yates repeat as district champion? After losing 17 lettermen to graduation - and only eight returning starters s- the task will be challenging for the young Lions. But with standout athletes like defensive end James Paul Bryant, linebacker Joshua Allen and running back Arthur...
The Miami Herald Two years ago, the Broward public school district erroneously gave about 158 teachers a salary bump, paying out an extra $193,551 that it shouldn’t have. Now it is demanding that they repay the money — even though 18 of those teachers have since lost their jobs or resigned. Less than...
Jakarta Globe The ailing and suspended North Sumatra Governor Syamsul Arifin was sentenced on Monday to 30 months in jail for embezzling Rp 98.7 billion ($11.6 million) from state coffers while serving as head of one of the province’s districts. The Anti-Corruption Court also fined him Rp 150 million. Both the...
Herald Tribune OMAHA, Neb. - A 39-year-old Omaha teacher has been suspended by the district and cited by police, accused of taking two teen students from his classroom and encouraging them to resolve their dispute outside during a nearly 20-minute brawl. Patrick Kocsis faces two counts of misdemeanor child neglect...
Jakarta Globe Authorities in Aceh released a married lesbian couple from detention after the lovers agreed not to see each other again. Nuraini, 21, and her ‘husband’ Rinto, 25, were arrested by the Public Order Officers (Satpol PP) in Southwest Aceh district after it was revealed that Rinto was actually a...
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