Editorial on PACT delays and impact on schools
The PACT results will not be available until fall due to a scoring glitch unsettling the accountability framework. Aiken County relies on norm referenced tests to guide class placements until PACT scores arrive for 2000-01, urging timely results from the Education Department.
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Brady Act defending role in gun violence decline
The NRA endorses a study suggesting Brady background checks had limited measurable impact, while editors caution against strong conclusions. The piece argues to restore the Brady waiting period, extend checks to private sales, and enforce existing laws more vigorously amid a broad decline in gun violence.
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Supreme Court blocks school prayer in Texas football game
The Supreme Court ruled 6 3 that Santa Fe Independent School Districts policy allowing a student elected to deliver an invocation over the public address system at football games is unconstitutional. The decision emphasizes government neutrality in religion and maintains students’ right to pray without state sponsorship or amplification.
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Supreme Court
Santa Fe
Texas
Virginia Beach
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Stevens
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Ruling impacts student speakers in public schools Virginia Beach analysis
Virginia Beach opinion discusses the Santa Fe decision and its impact on student speakers at school events. It outlines a conflict between free speech and religious liberty, noting risks if districts permit or ban religious messages. Jay Sekulow of ACLJ provided context.
Mother accused in gun threat over teenage abortion
Glenda Dewis sits in jail after grabbing a .38 and threatening her 16 year old daughter to force an abortion in Fort Pierce Florida. A nurse alerted police after the girl told clinic staff of the threat. A psychologist will determine her next steps in a high profile domestic case involving pregnancy and coercion.
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Glenda Dewis
Brittany Dowis
Dewis
Briany
St. Lucie County
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