SALEM — Members of the Oregon House expressed a variety of views on the pledge of allegiance but wound up voting emphatically to require schools to offer its daily recitation.

For some, the pledge underscores patriotism and honors war veterans. For others, it’s tantamount to bullying students who for their own reasons don’t or can’t say it.

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ATLANTA -Two defendants in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal turned themselves in on Tuesday. All of the defendants must surrender to police today.

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ATLANTA (AP) – Nearly three dozen people are facing a deadline to report to jail after being charged in the Atlanta public schools cheating scandal.

The educators are required to surrender into custody by Tuesday, and a judge will decide their bond.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The supposed transformation of Atlanta Public Schools overseen by former Superintendent Beverly Hall resulted from a criminal enterprise that victimized thousands of struggling students for years, authorities alleged Friday.

The principal of a Bronx elementary school moonlights as an actress, starring in a bloody B-movie as a vicious gangbanger who deals drugs, robs, rapes and murders.

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Parents say bullying and fighting are a big problem at PS 132, which the DOE gave an overall grade of “D” but an “F” for student performance and an “F” for “environment,” which includes safety.

A Black History Month program at A Houston elementary school may have backfired after some parents complained that children were asked to sing a song with pro-President Barack Obama lyrics.

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The Washington Times Reports:

These were the lyrics from the opening song, called “Feels Like Change,” reported by The Blaze: “Oh, I tried to believe in George Bush, I tried to trust. But it’s ashes to ashes now, and it’s dust to dust. Do you feel it baby? Oh do you feel it? It feels like change.”

By comparison, these are the lyrics from another song, from the same school assembly: “Hey, Mama, Obama. He got the mo’ jama. Talking about Americana. H-O-P-E, hope I get a new pajama … Obama, Obama we got the mo’ mama, we got the mo. Fujiyama, sing Obama from the top of Mount Asama. … You’re on a roll Obama, you’re on a roll.”

Also: Rotten to the Core, Part III: Lessons from Texas and the Growing Grassroots Revolt

An Advanced Placement World Geography teacher at a Texas high school who encouraged students to dress in Islamic clothing also instructed them to refer to the 9-11 hijackers not as terrorists – but as “freedom fighters,” according to students who were in the class.

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DETROIT — Thousands of Michigan residents have collected Pell Grants without attending classes in the past year, costing the state’s colleges millions of dollars that have to be paid back to the federal government.

At Henry Ford Community College, $4.1 million — about 10 percent of the money the college received in Pell Grants — needs to be paid back to the U.S. Department of Education this year, a move that will likely contribute to a tuition increase at the Dearborn, Mich., school.

The problem isn’t limited to Michigan and it isn’t new, but experts say it’s getting worse.

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Have any of the senator’s environmental aides “run the numbers” on what his immigration proposal would mean for U.S. climate change mitigation efforts (or their impact on other environmental problems, such as urban sprawl along the Front Range, or water conflicts between Colorado and other Southwestern states)? If not, how serious is Sen. Bennet about addressing global climate change?

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It makes sense that environmentalists are against open borders, however, it seems to me they’ve been rather quiet about this serious issue of unimpeded legal and illegal immigration.

Say, that reminds me…

A federal judge has ordered the Tucson Unified School District to begin offering culturally relevant courses next school year.

The classes, which will focus on the history, experiences and culture of black and Latino communities, are one of many provisions in a plan that aims to bring racial balance to TUSD schools.

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