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Robelen, Erik W. – Education Week, 2007
The Utah plan, which would have been the nation's first universal voucher program, was effectively vetoed by voters before it ever took effect. The defeat of the Utah program through a ballot referendum highlighted again the political vulnerability of such controversial school choice measures. The law's enactment had set off an intense political…
Descriptors: Low Income, Family Income, School Choice, Educational Vouchers
Olson, Lynn – Education Week, 2005
This article discusses legislative efforts to seek flexibility and to coax changes in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. Even before U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings had been confirmed in her job on Inauguration Day, a few states had begun testing her pledge to work with them in carrying out the No Child Left Behind Act in a…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Testing, Legislators, Hearings
Carroll, Catherine A.; Hurst, Marianne D. – Education Week, 2004
This article reports how fake firearms have become a growing problem for schools. These sophisticated look-alikes have caused a spate of incidents involving students at campuses and school-sponsored events. In Utah, two students were suspended from the Uintah High School pending an investigation after they were caught with look-alike pistols at a…
Descriptors: School Safety, Imitation, Violence, Weapons