March 11, 2010
Urging Albany legislative leaders to kill two birds with one stone, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed a 12- cent-a-can tax on “heavily sweetened” sodas and beverages to raise funds to meet budgetary needs while at the same time attacking a major problem plaguing children: obesity. The much-needed funds will close a looming $1.9 billion budget […]
March 11, 2010
Learners with disabilities have a reason to smile after the government launched a policy seeking to enhance their education. Under the new guidelines launched by the Ministry of Education, sign lang uage will be promoted and developed to become an official language at par with Kiswahili and English. This means that the government and other […]
March 11, 2010
The state Department of Education report counts nearly 83,000 children under age 21 with a federally-recognized disability. That’s up slightly from last year. ? ? Autism continues to be the fastest growing disability. There are more than 7,900 Oregon kids diagnosed with autism. That’s up nearly 25 percent over the last four years.? ?Salem-Keizer is […]
March 11, 2010
A report, ‘Advancing research on children with speech-language impairment: an introduction to the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study–Kindergarten Cohort,’ is newly published data in Language, Speech, and Hearing Services In Schools. According to a study from the United States, “The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K; U.S. Department of Education, 2000) includes comprehensive assessments of home, […]
March 11, 2010
Kansas City’s school superintendent said Thursday the plan to shutter nearly half the district’s schools, while "painful," will move forward quickly so that all the closures will be complete by fall. The school board narrowly approved the plan Wednesday night to close 29 of the district’s 61 schools to try to stave off bankruptcy. The […]
March 10, 2010
A number of reports and studies have emerged over the past several weeks that highlight the deepening economic and social crisis currently gripping the state of Illinois. The state with the fifth largest economy in the US currently faces an unprecedented $12.8 billion budget deficit. Governor Pat Quinn and leading state lawmakers from both parties […]
March 10, 2010
A divided Board of Education agreed Monday to partner with the Lake County Health Department and seek grant money to establish a student health clinic at Waukegan High School’s Brookside Avenue campus. The "school-based health center" concept has been mulled before by the board over the last two years, but a concrete proposal never materialized […]
March 10, 2010
In an effort to build support for Democratic health care reform legislation, President Obama will announce support later today for efforts to crack down on fraud in Medicare and Medicaid, among other government programs, one of the few areas of bipartisan consensus during last month’s health care reform summit. Though the legislation has so far […]
March 10, 2010
Mar. 9–DANBURY — The governor’s proposal to trim $1 million from the state’s 75 school-based health centers to help cut the budget deficient means about $13,300 less for each of Danbury’s three centers. The proposed cut comes on the heels of other cuts to the centers that provide primary medical, dental and mental health services […]
March 10, 2010
Cities and towns still coping with deep cuts to state aid could face even tougher times in the coming fiscal year, as lawmakers discuss reductions of 3 to 5 percent in aid to local schools and municipal operations starting July 1. Although Gov. Deval L. Patrick has proposed no cuts to either Chapter 70 funds […]