September 27, 2010
Of all the places to plant a crop of solar panels, proponents suggest that few are better than th e roof of a school. Consider its primary physical attribute: all that, often, flat surface – assuming, of course, it is not shaded by a dense tree canopy. And the economic appeal: There’s the drop in […]
September 27, 2010
Special needs programs at some 100 schools across the state may get a small boost as a months-long Medicaid issue is ironed out with the federal government. Schools, in some cases for almost two years, have been paying the costs of providing administrative duties related to children on Medicaid. It started over a flap […]
September 27, 2010
No workday is the same for Spokane Public Schools nurse Marianne Fischer. But there is one given – she’ll spend it running. By 11 a.m. Wednesday, Fischer had handed out asthma plans for several students at Woodridge Elementary School, looked at a student’s rash, educated a teacher on another stud ent’s medication, headed to Salk […]
September 27, 2010
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the sixty-two winning applicants of the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grant competition. The winning applicants represent rural and urban school districts as well non-profit groups and state education organizations from 27 states across the country. The five-year $1.2 billion TIF program seeks to strengthen the education profession by […]
September 27, 2010
As the single biggest consumer of state money, the Texas public education system stands to lose millions of dollars as the state grapples with a looming budget shortfall. Education Commissioner Robert Scott has suggested more than $260 million in cuts from the state’s almost $40 billion education budget for the next two years. Some of […]
September 27, 2010
President Obama said Monday that money alone can’t solve the problems in America’s schools. The presid ent insisted that money must be combined with reforms that put the best teachers in classrooms and remove some of the bureaucracy that stands in the way of students’ ability to succeed. Obama also called for a longer school […]
September 24, 2010
Hackensack schools will receive$470,169 as part of an infusion of federal aid designed to help replace money cut from local school budgets. The state Education Department announced Sept. 20 how it plans to allocate nearly $263 million provided to New Jersey last month by Congress with the passage of a bill meant to save education […]
September 24, 2010
At least two schooldistricts in Michigan’s upper peninsula are not happy with a move by statelawmakers to shift a “surplus” of funds from the states School Aid Fund to theGeneral Fund in a move to balance the budget, reports the Escanaba Daily Press. The move happened earlier this month when lawmakers approved, and Gov. Jennifer […]
September 24, 2010
As the single biggest consumer of statemoney, the Texas public education system stands to lose millions of dollars asthe state grapples with a looming budget shortfall that could exceed $18billion. Education Commissioner Robert Scott hassuggested more than $260 million in cuts from the state’s almost $40 billioneducation budget for the next two years. Some of […]
September 24, 2010
Trimming the Ames Community School District’s deficit spending for special education by more than a third this past year is the result of a team effort, district administrators said. The spending gap between the school district’s special education costs and the funding provided by the state of Iowa and other sources peaked in2007-08 at more […]