January 28, 2011
After two decades of decline, education litigation appears to be on the rise, with special education leading the way, according to an analysis from Lehigh University professor Perry A. Zirkel, an expert in special education law. Zirkel’s paper on his findings will appear in full in an upcoming issue of West’s Education Law Reporter, but […]
January 28, 2011
The Chicago Public Schools Board approved a measure yesterday offering free breakfasts at all of its schools, giving its 410,000 students an opportunity to have a healthy meal before the start of classes. This expansion of a federally funded program will give students in lower income neighborhoods the chance to actually have a meal before […]
January 28, 2011
Los Angeles Unified officials unanimously approved a plan Tuesday to offer an unprecedented 25,000 classroom seats to 81 charter schools on district campuses, although charter advocates argued the proposal does not comply with state law. LAUSD has historically struggled with sharing its facilities with the independently run alternative schools. Charter advocates have sued the district […]
January 28, 2011
A panel of South Dakota lawmakers supported a plan Wednesday to require annual evaluations of school principals with standards set out by the state. The House Education Committee cleared a bill that would direct the state Board of Education to issue minimum guidelines for evaluating principals. The bill comes after a successful push last year […]
January 28, 2011
School finance officers will likely spend the weekend puzzling over conflicting charts showing the potential impact of Gov. Jay Nixon’s complicated education budget proposal. The question: Would state funding for public schools remain stable under his plan next year, as the governor says, or would most districts actually lose money? As is often the case […]
January 28, 2011
State Rep. Daniel Kagan, D-Denver, let the fleeting pleasant experience wash over him: His bill to make school-based health care more accessible, HB 11-1019, passed out of committee on a unanimous vote. Currently, health clinics located in schools treat uninsured children for free but have to charge insured children the appropriate co-pays. If you thought […]
January 27, 2011
Faced with the potential of a $3.7 billion budget deficit at the State level, the Department of Public Instruction, the press and citizens have made numerous proposals how the K-12 public education system could react. These changes fall into two broad categories: 1. trim expenses for teaching and learning, and 2.raise revenues by delaying the […]
January 27, 2011
The King George Board of Supervisors last week, on Jan. 18, approved a budget amendment requested by the School Board that increases its budget by $466,870 in additional federal funds. Supervisors provided their approval with the proviso that the additional funds would not supplant budgeted expenditures within the existing School Board budget. A spending […]
January 27, 2011
Revised recommendations for school closures in the Mt. Diablo district have brought a sense of relief to four schools while leaving three others fearing the worst. "If you guys do decide to close Glenbrook, I want you to go to the neighborhood and tell them why," Glenbrook Middle School eighth-grader Miriam Zazueta told trustees Tuesday. […]
January 27, 2011
Mindy Lattimore got no thing but blank stares from her students when she brought her Class of ’96 letter jacket to school. Lattimore graduated 15 years ago and since then six of the activities that she earned patches for, including marching band and drama club,have ceased to exist at North Branch High, in one of […]