May 25, 2010
Back in March, when the city was still trying to get a handle on its education budget, City Councilman Robert Jackson noted that there were two different scenarios for the coming fiscal year: "bad" and "horrid." Today, the education committee chairman said, there’s only one: "horrid." Jackson repeated that word at least nine times during […]
May 24, 2010
Given the state of California’s economy and cutbacks to education, perhaps it is not surprising that several different groups are threatening to sue. On Thursday a lawsuit was filed in Alameda County by the California School Boards Association, the Association of California School Administrators, and the California State PTA. The suit calls for the courts […]
May 24, 2010
A federal grant could mean $3.75 million over three years for improvements to Buncombe County’s alternative school, but it could also leave some of the staff there looking for new jobs. Buncombe County school officials have applied for a federal School Improvement Grant for Community High School. The money targets low-performing schools, including those with […]
May 24, 2010
School districts across the state are gutting extracurricular staff, trimming summer school, or telling teachers they might not have a job this fall in preparation for what could be the most challenging school year in decades. District officials say the cutbacks are inevitable in the wake of the state’s $300 million in cuts to K-12 […]
May 24, 2010
Among the beneficiaries of the $787 billion in federal stimulus funds is special education. More than $10 million sent to the Coachella Valley’s three school districts are designated as Individuals with Disabilities Education Act funding. School districts already are required to provide a certain level of service for students with disabilities, even though the cost […]
May 24, 2010
Darlington County Superintendent of Education Dr. Rainey Knight said Friday that based on information she received Friday from Columbia, school district employees will be spared taking mandatory furlough days in the next budget year. District officials and the county Board of Education have been considering three furlough days for teachers and six days for administrators […]
May 24, 2010
Almost three-quarters of children on Medicaid in nine states are not getting all of their legally required medical, vision and hearing examinations, including immunizations, according to a new government study. The study, conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services inspector general, estimated that 2.7 million of the 3.8 million children in those […]
May 24, 2010
Amber Bramble had to scramble to arrange summer plans for her 5- and 7-year-old daughters after their suburban Kansas City school district gutted its summer school program this spring. Her daughters were among about 2,500 of the Raymore-Peculiar district’s 6,000 students who enrolled for free last summer in a program that combined traditional subjects with […]
May 24, 2010
More than half of the states have passed or are in the process of passing budgets that count on additional federal stimulus funds. But when Congress will approve the additional funds is not known, and some question whether they will be approved this year. The legislation already has passed both chambers of the U.S. Congress […]
May 24, 2010
You’d be hard pressed to find special education students singled out at DeSoto Central Middle School, and that’s why the school’s inclusion program was recognized Friday as one of the best in the state. "I think we remove the labels," 8th grade DCMS inclusion teacher Melanie Tuttle said about the school’s approach, which has earned […]