September 22, 2010
San Diego city teache rs may face layoffs for the first time since the district began its annual process of slashing millions of dollars from its budget four years ago. San Diego Unified School District officials said Tuesday that the district’s teaching staff could shrink by 1,000 positions next year and another 500 non-teaching jobs, […]
September 22, 2010
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) released statewide test results today that show Illinois elementary school students continue to make progress, while scores for high school students on state tests remain unchanged. ISBE released the state averages for the 2010 tests, which were given to students in grades 3-8 and 11 this past spring. […]
September 21, 2010
Special education advocates are greeting the burgeoning common academic standards movement with a mixture of optimism and caution. Adopted so far by 36 states and the District of Columbia, the common academic standards were developed with the backing of two national groups based in Washington, the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National […]
September 21, 2010
The Illinois State Board of Education and the Illinois Department on Aging today are co-hosting the first Illinois Summit on Aging and Education to highlight the best intergenerational practices designed to improve student performance, increase graduation rates, and promote healthy lifestyles. Today’s summit at Illinois State University in Normal will mobilize resources to address two […]
September 21, 2010
While talking to someone with a strong background in speech pathology and literacy recently, I learned of an interesting theory: Inclusion for special-education students, this educator said, has “backfired.” Now, she didn’t necessarily mean that special-education students should be quarantined from their peers or that the inclusion movement didn’t have good intentions — just that […]
September 21, 2010
As students are settling into a new school year, San Diego Unified School District board members are looking into the next year, which will be the fifth straight of major cuts. Board members will begin budget talks for the 2011-2012 school year months earlier than usual today as they face a $141.6 million projected deficit […]
September 21, 2010
A new charter high school proposed for Manhattan has close ties to a for-profit curriculum provider with family links to the chair of the state board that will decide on the school’s application. The school in question, the New York Flex Charter High School, is planned for Manhattan’s District 2, which covers much of downtown […]
September 21, 2010
Colorado school districts, already hit with 6 percent cuts in the current fiscal year, could face another reduction after a new budget forecast that shows the state is back in the red. The potential new cut to schools could come just after districts received federal funding to help offset previous funding decreases. According to the […]
September 20, 2010
With the dust still settling after the adoption of the 2010-11 budget, Austin school district officials are already looking ahead to 2011-12. At a recent budget work session, Superintendent Meria Carstarphen talked to the school board about a cost-saving idea from an architect who advised a company about ways to get more out of existing […]
September 20, 2010
Christina Parra’s 2-year-old son was diagnosed with autism in Albuquerque earlier this year. When she returned to Las Cruces, there were few resources to turn to for help, she said. "We really felt like there was no where for us to go," Parra said. "If parents have a gut feeling that something is goin g […]