February 10, 2011
Bus loads of Houston parents headed to Austin Wednesday morning to tell lawmakers they want more money for public charter schools, even as the state faces a multi-billion dollar shortfall. The parents said the additional funding is needed to improve schools and provide more slots for students. Parents in the under-served North Forest Neighborhood said […]
February 10, 2011
With limited tax dollars at stake, tensions are rising over how to overhaul Connecticut’s education financing methods without pitting public schools against the growing number of charter schools operating statewide. The debate played out Wednesday before the state Board of Education, which discussed and ultimately tabled a report that suggested exploring ways to reallocate some […]
February 10, 2011
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is arguing that most schools have enough money in their reserve accounts to cover his proposed $1.5 billion aid cut and that the reductions make up less than 3 percent of schools’ overall spending. As Cuomo faces increasing criticism from education groups over his proposed school cuts, he’s battling back by releasing […]
February 10, 2011
After weeks of criticism over a Republican vote that cut off a school breakfast subsidy for poor children, a GOP state senator who works as a principal restored funding for the program in a committee meeting Wednesday. Sen. Keith King, R-Colorado Springs, moved an amendment in the Senate Appropriations Committee that approved $124,229 in supplemental […]
February 10, 2011
The state Board of Education, in its first full meeting with a majority of members appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown, moved Wednesday to put the brakes on a landmark law that gives parents the right to force major reforms at low-performing schools. The board took no action on proposed regulations to implement the law but […]
February 10, 2011
New Hampshire Senate members said Wednesday they’ve crafted a public school funding bill that provides stability to state and school district budgets and treats all students equally. The plan designed by Republican Sens. Jim Rausch of Derry and Nancy Stiles of Hampton establishes the current funding levels as the baseline and allows those levels to […]
February 9, 2011
Of the 2,200 students at Intermediate School 61 in Corona, Queens, 86 percent receive free cafeteria lunches. Some others pay a reduced price, and some are supposed to pay full price. But not all of their parents pay what they are supposed to, and recently, the school’s principal, Joseph Lisa, has been spending a lot […]
February 9, 2011
Sam Dyck’s drama sketch about bullying came from person al experience. The Hale Middle School eighth-grader said he was bullied in elementary school and saw friends being physically intimidated. "My scenes were based on kids bullying because they’ve been bullied themselves, and sometimes it starts at home with parents," said Sam, 14, after his presentation […]
February 9, 2011
Gov. Rick Scott’s proposal to cut more than $3 billion from the education budget is making for some anxious moments among the Palm Beach County school board employees. Chief Financial Officer Mike Burke estimated that the district would be left trying to plug a $65 million budget hole when the cost of complying with class-size […]
February 9, 2011
The Iowa House on Tuesday approved a package of measures that would freeze basic state aid to public schools for the next two years. The package was approved largely along party lines, with Republicans approving the freeze in the amount of money the state puts into the complex school funding formula. One measure would shift […]