NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York officials struck a tentative, nine-year contract agreement with the city's public school teachers on Thursday that will provide billions of dollars of retroactive raises.
The Alabama House Education Policy Committee approved legislation by a voice vote that would allow public school teachers to lead students in a daily prayer, even though the majority of the committee members voted against it, according to The Montgomery Advisor.
The state legislature of Tennessee has given legal cover to public school teachers to challenge the science of evolution and climate change, in a move that looks set to deepen a debate about politicisation of the classroom.
