March 30, 2011
After two months of controversy, the Compton school board Tuesday rejected a petition by parents aiming to use a groundbreaking state law to turn over their struggling elementary school to a charter operator. Board members with the Compton Unified School District voted unanimously, 7-0, to return the petition to parents at McKinley Elementary , saying […]
March 30, 2011
A group of Connecticut parents and lawmakers are requesting changes in the way school districts draw up education plans for students with spec ial needs. The legislature’s education committee heard testimony Monday on a bill to give parents more input in the early stages of creating Individualized Education Programs (IEP). Federal law mandates those plans […]
March 30, 2011
Nearly 500 San Francisco teachers, aides and administrators will find pink slips in their mailboxes w ithin the next two weeks as the school board works to backfill an estimated $27 million shortfall if the state’s worst-case budget scenario pans out later this year. If the layoffs hold, class sizes would go up and overall […]
March 30, 2011
When the final bell rings here at Kingsley Elementary School, half its 500 students leave, many joining the estimated one-quarter of all children across California who take care of themselves after school. For those at Kingsley that stay on campus, half, though supervised, must occupy themselves while they remain on school grounds. But the 100 […]
March 30, 2011
Following a grueling collective bargaining session, the Madison School Board agreed Saturday to extend its employee union contracts through mid-2013. Superintendent Dan Nerad said the agreement achieved all of the district’s major goals in bargaining with Madison Teachers Inc. (MTI) over benefits and workplace rules. Under a new law signed Friday by Gov. Scott Walker, […]
March 30, 2011
Financial health and per-pupil spending appear to vary widely at the independently run charter schools that have come to predominate in New Orleans, according to new data compiled by Tulane University. Charter schools in the city spent as much as $16,537 per student during the 2008-2009 school year and as little as $8,481, according to […]
March 30, 2011
PHOENIX (AP) – Gov. Jan Brewer on Tuesday released a rewritten plan to scale back Arizona’s Medicaid program to help close a $1 billion shortfall as Senate Republicans unveiled a budget proposal that includes the governor’s original approach.<br /&g t; The Senate majority’s budget proposal would have Arizona finish the current fiscal year with a […]
March 30, 2011
The St. Tammany Parish school system will hold a "Team Up to Help Day" on Friday. With the donation of one dollar or more, all students, faculty and administration members will be allowed to wear items representing their favorite sports teams. All money collected will be gi ven to the Red Cross in hopes of […]
March 30, 2011
From the time she was in second grade, Brittney Sharp knew she wanted to be a teacher. That was when her own teacher influenced her in such a way that she wanted to have the same impact on future generations. "My mom always says I’m a natural teacher," Sharp said. The 25-year-old University of Iowa […]
March 30, 2011
In its continuous efforts to “right-size” the district in the face of steep reductions in state funding and declining enrollment, the Tonawanda school board Tuesday night approved the elimination of 35 positions, expected to save the district $1.7 million. The staffing reductions include the elimination of the Family Assistance Center of Tonawanda, or FACT, and […]