July 29, 2010
Attrition is a common word at local school district board of education meetings. When an employee resigns or retires, they simply aren’t replaced, to save money. Coshocton City Schools has eliminated three positions through attrition in the past year. "We are not currently anticipating any staff cuts unless there is a state funding cut to […]
July 29, 2010
With Pennsylvania’s recently-passed budget now looking iffy, the Chambersburg Area School District’s board and administration are wondering how state funding for the district will be impacted. "Today for the first time (business manager) Steve Dart and I believed we may end up with less subsidy than we did last year," said Superintendent Joe Padasak. The […]
July 29, 2010
Congress has squashed hopes for a $10 billion rescue fund to save teacher jobs. Emergency Medicaid funding for the states is teetering on a political cliff. And the talk of extending health insurance subsidies for laid-off workers has gone quiet. As Congress inches toward a five-week August recess without passing any of these funding measures, […]
July 29, 2010
Most of Bowie’s 10 public elementary schools, as they have in past years, met all reading and math targets set in the Maryland School Assessment tests released last week. � A;However, three Bowie schools — Benjamin Tasker and Samuel Ogle middle schools and High Bridge Elementary — failed to meet all targets for the second […]
July 29, 2010
Recent legislation threatens to further convolute the already complicated process used to authorize the opening of new charter schools in New York. In an attempt to make New York’s application for the federal education grant program Race to the Top more competitive, the Legislature voted in May to raise the statewide charter school cap from […]
July 28, 2010
The federal Race to the Top program would be renewed for another year under a spending bill approved today by th e Senate Appropriations subcommittee that deals with education spending—but wouldn’t receive nearly as much money as President Barack Obama has sought. Under the measure, which passed by voice vote with Republicans audibly voting "no," […]
July 28, 2010
If New Hampshire is in a race to improve its schools, it hasn’t even cleared the starting blocks. The U.S. Department of Education yesterday released a list of 19 state finalists in the Race to the Top, President Obama’s signature effort to improve schools in the country. And the Granite State did not make the […]
July 28, 2010
The goal of this week’s special session on education was to produce meaningful reform. Statistics show that our nation’s education system is not on the same level as other countries. In addition, students in West Virginia lag behind their peers in other states. We’re facing a generation of students that is projected to have lower […]
July 28, 2010
The Hawa ii Disability Rights Center filed a class-action lawsuit yesterday seeking to extend special-education services in public schools for students until they turn 22. The cutoff is now 20. "The concern is that disabled students in Hawaii are being deprived of an education after age 20," said John Dellera, executive director of the center. […]
July 28, 2010
For the second time, Connecticut has come up short in a race for federal funds to improve public education, leaving state officials disappointed but not ready to quit trying. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Tuesday that 18 states and the District of Columbia are finalists for what’s left of a $4.35 billion jackpot. […]