January 4, 2011
Former Hearst Magazines chairwoman Cathie Black started work Monday as chancellor of the nation’s largest public school system, vowing to put the "pedal to the metal" as she visited schools in each of New York City’s five boroughs. "For me, this is a dream. It’s a dream job, a dream opportunity, a chance to make […]
January 4, 2011
For the second time in two years, Detroit Public Schools plans to lay off school bus attendants who help special education and disabled students. Keith January, president of the AFSCME Local 345, which represents the bus attendants, said layoff notices were mailed out Monday to 88 of 175 bus attendants. The layoffs will be effective […]
January 3, 2011
Connecticut’s formula to determine state aid for local schools could be on the verge of a major overhaul after decades of criticism that it hasn’t helped close achievement gaps between poor and rich towns. A coalition of lawmakers and education advocates is urging incoming Gov. Dan Malloy to settle a 2005 lawsuit against the state […]
January 3, 2011
More than 70 middle-class schools in San Diego could each lose an average of $92,000 from their shrinking budgets under a plan approved by the school board last month that will take federal money away from them. The shift would take place over five years, gradually sending more money to the district’s 74 poorest schools. […]
January 3, 2011
The U.S. Department of Education persisted in giving Wyoming more than $17 million this fall for a program intended to avert teacher layoffs even after Gov. Dave Freudenthal told the federal agency the energy-rich state didn’t need the money. Although rebuffed by Freudenthal, the U.S. Department of Education then pledged the money straight to the […]
January 3, 2011
Gov.-elect Rick Scott wants Florida parents in the driver’s seat when it comes to their children’s education, and he’s considering a number of ways to put them there despite questions and criticism from school leaders. Scott’s plans might include allowing parents to choose which schools their kids attend, regardless of attendance zones or county lines. […]
January 3, 2011
Cordley Elementary School used to have up to a dozen volunteers helping students with reading, writing and math, but now parents do clerical work to help make up for staff cuts. The reductions were one effect of Kansas’ budget problems. With less state aid, Lawrence schools have been forced to cut nearly $8 million in […]
January 3, 2011
As the number of online Advanced Placement courses rises, more students are accessing those college-level classes than ever before. But teachers, students, and the governing body that authorizes such courses have had to adapt over time to determine how materials should be presented online and whether that method measures up to face-to-face ins truction. High […]
January 3, 2011
Several thousand children will become eligible for insurance coverage of their autism therapies as a Missouri law takes effect Saturday. For thousands of others, their parents will continue to have to pay out of pocket or simply forgo the costly treatments. Missouri’s autism insurance mandate is among the most prominent new laws of the new […]
December 30, 2010
As Chicago prepares to elect a new mayor, a coalition of teachers, community leaders, parents and students on Wednesday said the city’s next leader should not control public education as Mayor Richard Daley has for most of his 21 years in office. The group called for the return of an elected, 13-member school board that […]