June 22, 2011
St. Cloud school district on Tuesday called on lawmakers to work to get an education bill th at is better for its students. In a news conference at Technical High School, St. Cloud school officials and supporters said St. Cloud is hurt by changes to funding for low-income and minority students. “We call on the […]
June 22, 2011
School board budget committee members on Monday night were told that 17.5 percent had been cut from federal funds for the next school year. Schools director Roy Dukes informed committee members he had been notified of this cut by e-mail Friday. He explained this means a loss of $45,472. While that amount may seem small […]
June 21, 2011
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June 21, 2011
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June 21, 2011
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June 21, 2011
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June 20, 2011
Even Schools Superintendent John Ramos didn’t know he was going to push the pause button on cuts that he — and countless others — said would decimate the public school system next year. But when he did Thursday, it left school and city officials, as well as parents, wondering if it was a good idea. […]
June 20, 2011
Magazine School District will get $50,000 next school year to pay for a health center, according to the Arkansas Education Department. A department news release Friday said $150,000 each will go to Magazine Elementary in Logan County, Cross County Elementary and Acorn Elementary in the Ouachita School District. Magazine District Superintendent Sandra Beck said Friday the […]
June 20, 2011
Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott is blaming the Department of Education’s $79 million overhaul of special education programs for costly delays in finding seats for disabled kindergartners. The agency missed its June 15 deadline for finding slots for about 2,500 kindergartners with special needs – and now the city could be liable for the kids’ tuition […]
June 20, 2011
An outdated and overburdened computer system has Arizona struggling to track its approximately 1 million K-12 students, state officials say, a troubling predicament because school funding, grants and required federal reporting all hinge on an accurate accounting. The system, in use for about 10 years, is charged with keeping track of how many students attend […]