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By Nancy Salvato - Just as the Sirens' song was supposed to lure sailors to their death, thus is the effect Judicial Activism will have on our Constitution. No matter what form it takes, legislating from the bench violates the intentional separation of the three branches of government and threatens the integrity of the rule of law. 

Issues from 1975 - 1999 of the American Journal of Physics have been added online. This premier monthly physics educational research journal is published by the American Association of Physics Teacher (AAPT).

WASHINGTON-Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) John Walters was forced to explain the federal government's policy of denying financial aid to students with prior drug convictions when confronted by an education rights advocate during a press conference.

Alexandria, VA – December 23, 2003 – PhD. students pursing research in psychology, public policy, or education can now apply for the $3,000 Edward Zigler Research Scholarship, honoring the man often referred to as the “father of Head Start.”

by Donna Garner
With the advent of No Child Left Behind plus the new TAKS accountability system, many people in Texas are confused as to how their schools and districts are performing on academic measures. 

Reading achievement among the nation's students in grades 4-12 lags significantly behind federal goals, raising questions about whether schools can meet federal requirements that all students be "proficient" readers by 2014, according to a RAND Corporation report issued today.

Eager first-graders giggled and groaned as they plucked and tweezed sought-after skulls and bones from regurgitated owl pellets to learn more about what owls eat.

Kenneth S. Goodman - Parents of children starting first grade this year may not be ready for what the No Child Left Behind law has in store for their children over the next ten years. Beginning first graders are or will shortly be six years old.

NEW ORLEANS -- One of Louisiana's own will soon begin her new life as a member of one of the world's most elite military organizations - the United States Marine Corps. Lisa Lawrence, a graduate of Nicholls State University, will be commissioned a second lieutenant on Dec. 11, 2004 at 12 noon in the university's conference room.

Washington, D.C., December 8, 2004 - Dr. Richard Hezel, president of the education consulting firm Hezel Associates, today released a preliminary report detailing foreign market opportunities for U. S. higher education institutes. Dr. Hezel shared the findings during the international portion of the NorthStar international summit titled "Riding the Wave or Weathering the Storm? Mapping a Course in the Postsecondary Market."