February 7, 2011
State school board officials say further cuts in spending on education could force the closure of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind, leaving local school districts to provide those services themselves. The state board voted on Friday to include the possible closure on a list of alternatives to discuss with state leaders should […]
February 7, 2011
Gov. Mark Dayton unveiled a sweeping vision for Minnesota education Friday aimed at improving child literacy, establishing teacher performance standards and closing an achievement gap that has been called one of the worst in the country. The plan also calls for fewer — but better targeted — tests and expanded all-day kindergarten. The far-reaching proposal […]
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 […]
February 7, 2011
Gov. Tom Corbett has made a move to replace $337.8 million in state education dollars wi th federal education funds. The move won’t leave school districts with less money than has already been allocated in the 2010-11 state budget. However, it will mean that nearly $1 billion of this year’s state education budget is supported […]
February 7, 2011
Scores of business transactions are under way inside two Detroit Public School buildings where special education students are training for life. Writing checks to pay bills, selecting coins to wash clothes at a laundromat and purchasing a week’s worth of groceries are skills being taught to students ages 20-26 who are spending their last years […]
February 7, 2011
President Obama and Republican leaders are moving toward a possible compromise on education reform, spurred by widespread dissatisfaction with the George W. Bush administration’s No Child Left Behind Act. The 9-year-old act imposes controversial testing requirements to govern how much federal aid flows to a school district. Republicans object to the act’s prominent federal role. […]
February 7, 2011
Carole G. Hankin, the schools superintendent in Syosset on Long Island, made an unexpected cameo appearance in Albany last week: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo cast her salary as a prime example of wasteful spending by school districts. Mr. Cuomo did not mention Dr. Hankin by name in his budget address, but he did offer her […]
February 4, 2011
It’s a tough time to be a public school teacher in Florida. Gov. Rick Scott wants to make public employees contribute to their pensions, which would amount to a 5 percent pay cut for teachers. Lawmakers are again pushing to adopt a merit-pay bill that would overhaul how teachers are evaluated and paid — relying […]
February 4, 2011
The principal of a Lake City charter school says schools like hers are underfunded and deserving of a bill that would shift some money from the state’s public school districts. The House Education Committee voted 14-4 on Wednesday to advance a bill that would require most of South Carolina’s public school districts to spend some […]
February 4, 2011
As proclaimed by Governor Rick Snyder, February 2011 will be officially recognized in Michigan, as it is across the nation, as “School-Based Health Center Awareness Month”. The Health Department of Northwest Michigan operates two school-based health centers: the Hornet Health Center, in the Pellston Middle/High School, serving youth age 5through 21, and the Ironmen Health […]