Boise, ID, USA. The Idaho schools superintendent proposes new classroom technology and teacher performance pay, while eliminating collective bargaining and tenure.

Idaho's Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna and Idaho Governor Butch Otter, who once shared lodging when Luna worked for the U.S. Education Department and Otter was a congressman, came together again last year to successfully back a series of education changes in the state.

Washington, DC, USA. State and federal lawmakers continue to push for fewer gun restrictions despite a national conversation surrounding recent incidents of gun violence.

Recent school shootings in Ohio and California, and the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida have increased the scrutiny of state gun laws, but state legislators across the country continue to work on scaling back gun restrictions this session.

Washington, DC, USA. Federal budget cuts worry state officials who depend on aid to help combat cancer-causing radon gas, naturally produced as uranium decays in soil.

A dry cough, a small pain in her shoulder blade — it was probably just allergies, Liz Hoffmann thought before a doctor’s visit in 2003. But a chest X-ray soon told a different story. A 5-centimeter mass was growing in her left lung.

Washington, DC, USA. Legislators in Georgia want to create charter schools without local approval, but in New Jersey they want slow down the process by requiring local consent.

The crucial education debates in Georgia and New Jersey this year haven’t all centered around money. To a great extent, they have centered around power: Who has the power to create new charter schools?

Cleveland, OH, USA. For those people with some belief in God, but question God's actions — or inactions, is it appropriate to lodge a protest? A team of psychologists decided to examine the question.

Many people report having a relationship with God, similar to those relationships in marriage, parenting or friendship. Findings suggest that being assertive with God could actually strengthen that perceived bond and one's faith.