October 4, 2010
Rutherford County Schools h as found a new way to serve older special needs students. The system recently launched its Transition Academy at MTSU for those ages 18-22 with intellectual disabilities. Federal law requires that special education students be offered services until age 21. In some cases, those students attend high school after most of […]
October 4, 2010
When we hear about initiatives that help low-income schools we often think of an overcrowded inner-city school in one of the country’s more heavily populated cities. Rural schools usually don’t come to mind, but maybe they should. Rural schools educate over 9 million, or nearly 20 percent, of the children in this country. Students that […]
October 1, 2010
Let’s talk for a minute about education. Already, I can see readers racing for the doors. This is one of the hardest subjects in the world to write about. Many, many people would rather discuss … anything else. Sports. Crazy Tea Party candidates. Crop reports. So kudos to the new documentary “Waiting for Superman” for […]
October 1, 2010
The state government agency that runs the Medicaid health insurance program for low-income people announced $112.8 million in cuts that were described Wednesday as “devastating” to the state safety net. The cuts will end subsidized health insurance coverage for about 27,000 in the state’s Apple Health for Kids program and end out-patient pharmacy benefits for […]
October 1, 2010
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the award of $100 million in Magnet School grants to 36 school districts in 15 states. The awards will help school districts increase public school choices for parents and help districts attract a diverse group of students from throughout their communities. Magnet School grants provide funding to […]
October 1, 2010
A $110 million fe deral aid package received by the state in September is benefiting many of the richest schools in the state, while ignoring others that, in many cases, work with the poorest students who are most in need of the help, a local charter school director said. The state’s 18 charter schools, 17 […]
October 1, 2010
Lyon County teachers and other school district employees won’t have to take furlough days this school year after all. The Lyon County School District Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to use one-time federal funds appropriated to them through the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act to restore furlough days to all eligible members and non-members […]
October 1, 2010
he U.S. Department of Education today announced the award of more than $3.5 million in grants to operate 15 special education Parent Training and Information (PTI) Centers in 11 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. The Department also awarded $1 million to provide funding for ten Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs). […]
October 1, 2010
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced almost $100 million in grants to support state and local efforts to reform high schools and improve the educational outcomes of students. “These grants will help our local communities and states in working towards President Obama’s goal of once again having the highest college completion rate in […]
September 30, 2010
Michigan’s Legislature set aside its usual partisan squabbling to put thefinal touches Wednesday on a balanced budget for the coming year, relyingheavily on an infusion of federal dollars. But the joke may be on the new governor and dozens of new legislators whotake office Jan. 1. As they work on the next state budget, they’ll […]