September 17, 2010
The clock is ticking and Yazmin Villalobos is watching for her daughter and two neighbor girls to come out the gate at Park Hill Elementary at 3:15 p.m. in San Jacinto. They know to hustle out to the Jeep Grand Cherokee. "When I get home, my husband leaves for work," in the car at 3:30 […]
September 17, 2010
A major education announcement is designed to help Nashville’s disabled youth get a better education and gain employment. The Mayor’s Advisory Council on Special Education made the announcement during a meeting on Thursday. The new program would be somewhat of an internship. Students will be working with local business and government agencies learning the basics […]
September 17, 2010
An estimated 114,000 youngsters in Harris County remain uninsured despite their eligibility for the Children’s Health Insurance Program or Children’s Medicaid, according to a coalition of Houston-area legislators who have joined together to organize an application drive. A half-dozen state representatives from Harris County, all Democrats except for Republican Ken Legler, announced their strategy to […]
September 17, 2010
President Obama has launched an “Educate to Innovate” campaign to improve the participation and performance of America’s students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This campaign will include efforts not only from the Federal Government but also from leading companies, foundations, non-profits, and science and engineering societies to work with young people across America […]
September 17, 2010
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that Tennessee will receive $67.8 million to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) prog ram. These funds are part of the $3.5 billion that will be made available to states this spring from money set aside in the 2009 budget […]
September 17, 2010
In his second annual State of Education address Thursday in the Capitol Rotunda, State Superintendent T ony Evers expressed pride in Wisconsin’s public schools and libraries as he laid out an ambitious agenda focused on graduating more students from high school prepared for the workforce or further education. “As your state superintendent, I am humbled […]
September 16, 2010
A lawsuit has been filed over the 3% deduction from teacher salaries that was part of the state’s summer’s incentive to encourage those with 30 or more years of experience to retire, leaving room to hire cheaper teachers. Although the 3% is being deducted from paychecks, the money is being held in escrow until a […]
September 16, 2010
The state Board of Education took up the controversial issue of teacher evaluations Wednesday, unanimously voting to create an online database to share information about local, state and national efforts to measure educators’ effectiveness. The board also asked the Los Angeles, Long Beach and Fresno school districts to propose specific ways the state can support […]
September 16, 2010
Students at seven of the 11 school districts in Luzerne County have scored well enough on 2009-10 standardized tests to achieve all goals set by the state. And even at schools missing targets, most students are working on or above grade-level, and the students needing additional help are in minority subgroups, such as special education […]
September 16, 2010
The Houston charter school Benji’s Special Educational Academy promotes itself as the "home of the fighting tigers." On Wednesday, the school’s founder and chief executive lived out that motto, refusing to accept that the state had ordered Benji’s to close immediately because it had nearly run out of money. Instead, Theaola Robinson dispatched buses to […]