March 30, 2011
When the federal economic stimulus money was allotted two years ago, there was both excitement about getting millions of dollars for Pennsylvania and fear of falling off the funding cliff when the money runs out in September. In presenting his proposal for the 2011-12 budget last week, Gov. Tom Corbett gave his view of what […]
March 30, 2011
SAN BRUNO — The California Teachers Association is reporting that school districts so far have issued nearly 19,000 layoff notices to teachers amid uncertainty over the state budget. The union announced its estimate of preliminary pink slips issued statewide as of Tuesday, the deadline for school districts to let employees know they could lose their […]
March 30, 2011
Two years ago, with his team building and his wheels spinning toward a run f or governor, John Kasich told Ashtabula Republicans "we need to break the backs of organized labor in the schools." Now that Kasich is Ohio’s governor, the state’s public-school teachers are indeed beginning to feel a pinch. From tapping teachers’ wallets […]
March 30, 2011
COLUMBUS — More than a week after Gov. John Kasich presented his $55.5 billion budget, his budget director Thursday spelled out how the administration would close a projected gap that it now says is closer to $7.7 billion. Mr. Kasich’s proposed two-year spending plan would rein in Medicaid spending for the poor, disabled, and infirm […]
March 30, 2011
Lansing — Democratic lawmakers will introduce a constitutional amendment to protect the money earmarked in the state School Aid Fund from being raided to balance the budget, they announced today. Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposed budget would cut $470 per student from schools, while using about $900 million from the School Aid fund to help fund […]
March 30, 2011
The California Department of Education is moving ahead in its efforts to compete for part of $4.35 billion in federal education funds, the single largest pool of discretionary funding set aside for education reform in U.S. history, state education officials said Monday. School districts and local education agencies across the state were asked to voluntarily […]
March 30, 2011
President Barack Obama yesterday announced more than $250 million in private investments to help attract and prepare new teachers for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, collectively known as the “STEM” field, and to help improve instruction in those areas by practicing teachers. The new commitments roughly double the amount the president first announced in November […]
March 30, 2011
Two Pantagraph area schools were recognized Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education as being among the 2010 National Blue Ribbon Schools. Tri-Valley High School in Downs and Prairie Central Upper Elementary School in Forrest are among the 254 public and 50private schools across the nation that will be honored at an awards ceremony Nov. […]
March 30, 2011
The New York City Department of Education made public on Sunday a list that estimates the number of teachers each school will lose to layoffs if the state does not allocate more money for schools and seniority rules are not changed. The layoffs, totaling 4,675 teachers, 6 percent of the active teachers in the system, […]
March 30, 2011
A Republican lawmaker wants to completely overhaul the way schools are funded, but his idea will likely have to wait. The House Education Committee voted Tuesday to hold back HB123 for study over the next year. The bill would remove requirements that schools spend money on specific programs and instead allow districts to use all […]