November 23, 2010
The arguments against more cuts in education are blunt: The schools are in bad enough shape. Children are our future. It would be irresponsible. To that list, Mo Denis, who will be chairman of the Senate Education Committee next year, would add one word: litigation. If the Legislature cuts too much, he said, “Somebody will […]
November 23, 2010
Ever wonder who’s watching the kids? In several school districts across North Texas, thousands of security cameras monitor students during the school day, in an effort to keep campuses safe. As some school districts bulk up the number of cameras in schools, others are questioning access among administrators, security officers and even police departments. Districts […]
November 23, 2010
Franklin Township schools could cut 81 teachers, close three schools and eliminate most busing in an effort to make up a $13 million shortfall. Board members will vote Monday night on a new round of drastic cuts, 6News’ Kara Kenney reported. The district has already trimmed about $5 million from this year’s budget, eliminating 30 […]
November 23, 2010
It’s a good news, bad news scenario for public education funding in Kansas. The good news is that $92 million will be doled out to Kansas school districts next week to fill existing holes in the current fiscal year’s education budget. The bad news is that there is a cloud of uncertainty that hangs over […]
November 23, 2010
The misspending of millions of dollars in special-education funds uncovered in the Trenton School District earlier this year might be part of a more pervasive problem, state Auditor Stephen M. Eells said. "Do I think these performance issues are in other districts?" Eells said. "Of course." In Trenton, which gets about 90 percent of its […]
November 23, 2010
After managing a number of high-profile state and local competitions for federal cash—most notably Race to the Top—the U.S. Department of Education is conducting a far-reaching review of all its competitive grant programs, to see how the rules that govern them can be refined and improved. The department’s choices of winners in the recent Race […]
November 23, 2010
More first-time teachers are bringing their out-of-state educations to Wyoming, and money is the reason, according to a report released Thursday. Seven out of every 10 new hires with bachelor’s degrees in 2009 came from outside Wyoming. Compare that to about 55 percent in 2005, the year before education funding jumped from $770 million to […]
November 23, 2010
In Lindsay Schulte’s all-girls communication arts class on arecent morning, students divided themselves into groups of four.The girls sat around rectangular desks and used colored markers todraw and write character traits of well-known personalities andhistorical figures. Down the hall, the all-boys communication arts class studiedcharacterization, using John F. Kennedy and Michael Jordan assubjects. They grabbed […]
November 22, 2010
Indiana’s move toward a school-funding program in which dollars follow students has come as the dollars have diminished. But the state’s system for funding schools now more closely mirrors neighboring states such as Michigan and Illinois, where voters have up-or-down votes on school funding. For years, those states and about 40 others have assured public […]
November 22, 2010
Oregon classrooms will finish out the calendar year with no new cuts, based on the latest state economic forecast released Friday. The state brought in about $100 million more than projected in September. It’s the first quarterly forecast in two years that didn’t send school officials scrambling to plan for lower revenues and possible cuts. […]