Education

Higher Education Tax Incentives

by CE Editors March 25, 2001

If you are continuing your education or if you have a child attending college, you should know about two education tax credits that could change the bottom line on your tax return. If you qualify for the HOPE Credit or…

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Mandatory School Assemblies Pushing Abortion, Homosexuality

by CE Editors March 22, 2001

by Fred Jackson and Chad Groening
(AgapePress) – A high school teacher in California is under attack for criticizing a school policy that forces students to attend assemblies organized by anti-family groups.
Dave Lapp teaches physics at a high school…

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Lieberman, Others Say God’s Influence Needed in Educational, Political Realms

by CE Editors March 12, 2001

by Bill Fancher and Jody Brown
(AgapePress) – Two pro-family spokespersons and one high-profile Democrat in Washington, D.C., seem to agree on one thing: God has a place in the nation's educational system and political arena.
Wendy Wright of Concerned…

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Is God Getting Too Big?

by Craige McMillan March 9, 2001

In closing up an exemption originally provided to churches in the growth management act, county bureaucrats say they are heading off future traffic congestion at the pass. They seem convinced that large churches build out in the boondocks — and…

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Bush’s Education Reform Plan Advances

by CE Editors March 8, 2001

by Adam Entous
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President George W. Bush's first legislative priority — education reform — advanced on Wednesday as a key Senate committee hammered out the details of a far-reaching plan to boost school performance nationwide by testing…

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Home-Schooling Mom Tries To Reach Children’s Hearts By Tutoring Them In Life

by CE Editors March 6, 2001

by Erin Drake
RALEIGH, NC (AgapePress) – Sally Clarkson operates a growing ministry to home-schooling mothers worldwide called Whole Heart Ministries. Clarkson and her husband Clay co-authored Educating the Wholehearted Child. She explains that the wholehearted child understands their relationship…

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Uniform Approaches Nose Out Individuality

by March 5, 2001

Many years ago my friend went to Hollywood to have plastic surgery done on her nose. She felt her nose was too big and she wanted movie star Kim Novak's nose. That is what she got because, at the time,…

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Maine Home Schoolers Say More State Oversight “Unnecessary”

by CE Editors March 4, 2001

by Fred Jackson and Jim Brown
(AgapePress) – Home schoolers in Maine are facing new government challenges to their freedoms.
As many as 800 Maine home schoolers recently packed several hearing rooms at the State Legislature. They were there to…

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Attorney Expects Supreme Court to Side with Christian Youth

by CE Editors March 2, 2001

by Allie Martin
(AgapePress) – Oral arguments concluded this week at the Supreme Court in a case that legal experts say will decide whether public schools and other government agencies can deny religious groups the right to use their buildings…

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Legislation for Education Savings Accounts Offers Alternative to Controversial Vouchers

by CE Editors February 21, 2001

by Rusty Pugh and Jody Brown
(AgapePress) – A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would give parents resources to help with their child's education using their own money, while avoiding vouchers that use public funds.
GOP…

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