April 12, 2011
Lawmakers in Congress released the long-awaited details early this morning of a long-term spending bill to fund the federal government through September. The bill includes more than $38 billion in cuts. It eliminates a number of education programs, including: Educational Technology State Grants—$100 million. Literacy Through School Libraries—$19 million. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program—$42 million. And […]
April 11, 2011
Call it the Calendar of Doom — California’s countdown to budget meltdown. With more than $15 billion of red ink still washing over the state’s checkbook even after the Legislature trimmed the deficit by $11.2 billion, the clock is ticking to bridge the gap. The choices — extending taxes or slashing funding for K-12 schools, […]
April 11, 2011
NEWARK — Six months after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg appeared on Oprah to give $100 million to improve Newark’s strapped and struggling schools, $99 million is still sitting in the bank. Newark Mayor Cory Booker quickly raised $43 million in matching donations. But what’s followed has been less rosy: •The superintendent left in February after […]
April 11, 2011
On a visit to New Orleans on Friday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan repeatedly used superlatives to describe the strides the city’s schools have made since Hurricane Katrina, saying he draws inspiration from the dynamism o f local school reformers. Duncan called New Orleans the most improved school district in the country, terming its […]
April 11, 2011
TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers approved austere, competing budget cuts for public schools, health care and public workers Thursday as hundreds of protesters crowded the Capitol building, decrying Gov. Rick Scott’s fiscal prescription for the state. Both the Republican-led House and Senate budgets make about $4 billion in spending cuts by slashing funding for classrooms, raising […]
April 11, 2011
NEW MEXICO (krwg) – Key provisions of a $5.4 billion budget, as signed into law on Friday by Gov. Susana Martinez: About $2.4 billion for public schools, other education programs and the Public Education Department in the 2012 fiscal year, which starts July 1. Education will be cut about $61 million, or 2.5 percent. About […]
April 11, 2011
Few would argue that she was a good choice. But as you watched the almost giddy reception that greeted the departure of the New York City schools chancellor, Cathleen P. Black, last week — “She wasn’t in the class for the full semester so it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to give her a grade,” […]
April 8, 2011
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A $1.8 billon General Fund budget approved by the Alabama Senate on Thursday will require most agencies, except prisons and Medicaid, to get by on less money and will wipe out funding for many museums and tourist attractions. The Senate kept the budget largely like Gov. Robert Bentley recommended and the Senate’s […]
April 8, 2011
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – Some students in special education at Myrtle Beach High School are getting real-world experience on the job as part of their career preparation course work. For the past two weeks seven students following the particular course work have gotten their on-the-job experience at Myrtle Beach National golf course. It is […]
April 8, 2011
Over the past few years, school reform efforts in New York have captured national headlines. But after a flurry of high-profile resignations, New Yorkers may be left to wonder: Is there anybody left to mind the store? The latest resignations came Thursday when the city’s chancellor, Cathie Black, quit five months after Mayor Michael Bloomberg […]