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 8, 2011
Pay for Texas public school teachers should be connected to appraisals of their work and other factors instead of the 60-year-old salary schedule based on seniority, former U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige and other school reformers said Monday. They called for more flexibility for local school districts to base teacher pay on performance, professional development […]
February 8, 2011
The aggressive $4 billion program begun by the Obama administration in 2009 to radically transform the country’s worst schools included, as its centerpiece, a plan to install new principals to overhaul most of the failing schools. Related * It May Be a Sputnik Moment, but Science Fairs Are Lagging (February 5, 2011) […]
February 8, 2011
Just days before the current school year began, President Barack Obama signed a law providing $10 billion to help pay the salaries of staff at the nation’s financially strapped public schools. At that same time in Missouri, about four-fifths of the school distri cts were reducing their staff — teachers, classroom aides, custodians, cafeteria workers, […]
February 8, 2011
In a seeming attempt to take greater control of education policy in Ohio, Gov. John Kasich created a cabinet-level schools position yesterday that answers directly to him. The Republican governor named Robert Sommers as director of the Governor’s Office of 21st Century Education. With a background in career technical education and charter schools, Sommers was […]
February 8, 2011
Parents and school nurses are teaming up to address nursing shortages in North Dakota schools. But it looks like they may have an uphill battle. A House committee recently gave a Do-Not-Pass recommendation to a bill which would provide state money so schools could hire nurses. Advocates say North Dakota is almost dead last in […]
February 8, 2011
Gov. Rick Scott’s budget would cut millions of dollars from Manatee and Sarasota county schools, another hit to districts that have already cut spending by a combined $150 million since the recession started. Scott announced his plan Monday to cut school spending statewide by 10 percent per student and released data that shows Manatee County […]
February 7, 2011
Dozens of residents addressed the Board of Education Thursday night at Dolan Middle School as the public had a chance to comment on the school district’s operating budget for next fiscal year. Most speakers voiced concerns about what many referred to as "disproportionate cuts" to the district’s special education department. "To target only the special […]