July 14, 2010
The Yonkers budget doomsday clock got set back Tuesday after word that Albany was ready to restore major funding cuts to its schools. "We have received word from Albany that the Legislature and the governor will over turn the $36.4 million funding cut," David Simpson, spokesman for Mayor Phil Amicone, said late in the day. […]
July 14, 2010
Vermont’s special education system has been found to be non-compliant with federal education law, according to an annual performance report for the 2008-09 school year. The U.S. Department of Education, as part of the Individuals with Disabilities Act, looks at the special education departments of every state to see if the states are meeting the […]
July 14, 2010
Considering a career in education? You may need to learn more than just how to teach. The sluggish economy, combined with uncertainty over federal stimulus aid, has public school districts cutting back on spending on everything from supplies to staff. But over the long term, demand is expected to be strong for teachers who are […]
July 14, 2010
A Somerset County school district is working toward a plan to save money by sharing services with a nearby district in Franklin County. Anson-based School Administrative District 74 board members took a "first major step" last week when they voted unanimously to develop a contract to share a neighboring district’s special education director, Superintendent Ken […]
July 13, 2010
As special education cooperatives in Lake and Porter counties deal with statewide budget cuts and other constraints, Crown Point Community School Corp. is stepping out to run its own program. Effective this month, Crown Point joins Gary, Hammond and East Chicago in operating its own special education department. Students already were housed in Crown Point […]
July 13, 2010
An application to open a charter school possibly in Ossining in the fall of 2011 is being reviewed by the State University of New York C harter Schools Institute, while many residents of this river town are mobilizing to quash it. A group of Westchester County residents, including educators and environmentalists, are looking to form […]
July 13, 2010
A coalition of grassroots groups and families filed a lawsuit against the state Monday seeking to have California’s educational system declared unconstitutional for failing to adequately and equally fund schools. The suit filed in Alameda Superior Court is the second lawsuit filed this year over what plaintiffs say is a broken public school system – […]
July 13, 2010
Combining special education services across multiple school districts could save money while maintaining access to tailored services, according to a San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury report released Wednesday. About 12 percent of the county’s 86,000 public school students are in special education. Some districts in the north county — Bayshore, Brisbane, Jefferson, Pacifica, South […]
July 13, 2010
Massachusetts will receive $58.7 million in federal funds to help turn around the state’s lowest-achieving schools, the US Department of Education announced today. About 100 schools across the state , including 35 designated as "underperforming" by the state, will be eligible to compete for the money, said Heidi Guarino, chief of staff at the state […]
July 12, 2010
They cut staff, dipped into their savings, and came up with new ways to lower expenses, but even so, almost all school districts in the Philadelphia suburbs are raising their property taxes for the coming school year. More than half of those districts are increasing taxes at a rate above Pennsylvania’s budgeting benchmark "education inflation" […]