February 1, 2010
In Special Education Advocates and CPS officials are stunned by a proposal to cut CPS’ state funds for special education by 25 percent next year and to drastically change the way the district’s services are funded. The proposal will be presented to the Special Education Task Force on Monday in Springfield. CPS CEO Ron Huberman […]
February 1, 2010
St. Johns County is seeking a share of President Barack Obama’s $4.35 billion "Race to the Top" grant program to spur education reform. However, the district school board is taking it one step at a time and leaving an out if things don’t wo rk out. The evolving program has been compared to "riding a […]
February 1, 2010
In Kansas’ special education community this year, the windfall of one school district has caused glares from others. The Legislature this week will begin debating changes to the formula that funds special education programs in the state in an attempt to curb explosive growth in the number of claims for "catastrophic" aid. Catastrophic aid payments […]
February 1, 2010
Amity Regional School District officials say it just doesn’t make sense: Why is the district being punished for having too many white autistic kids? And it’s the federal government’s punishment that is raising tempers: cutting the crucial funding used to eductate the austistic students. It’s a thorny issue for all sides. When one racial group […]
February 1, 2010
Tom Beebe has an idea for raising $850 million a year for Wisconsin schools, easing property taxes for homeowners and buying som e time to devise a long-term solution to the state’s Byzantine school funding system — raise the state’s 5 percent sales tax by 1 percentage point. It might not be politically viable. But […]
February 1, 2010
Many charter school supporters believe their hour has come. Locally, charters play an increasingly integral part in the school reform agenda of the Los Angeles Unified School District. At the state level, California charters recently received a boost from legislation that permits them access to new bond funding for school construction. And nationally, the U.S. […]
February 1, 2010
Despite allegations of "Medicaid fraud" within the Taos Municipal School District by school board members, a state Medicaid School-Based Service spokeswoman said this week that the Medicaid School Health Office does not have any recent program review findings for Taos and will not seek to recoup funds from the district. Allegations about Medicaid money being […]
February 1, 2010
Jan. 29–GUILFORD — Parents defended special education coordinators and paraprofessionals at a budget hearing this week, as proposed budget plans may require numerous educators to be laid off at the end of the school year. Superintendent Thomas Forcella has announced that the positions of two special education coordinators and seven paraprofessionals may be eliminated in […]
January 30, 2010
DAVIE, Fla. — A crucial experiment in the future of Medicaid is playing out in Florida, where both houses of the Legislature are vying to find ways to drastically cut costs, manage care and reduce waste and fraud. The cuts and changes being sought by the Republican-led Legislature and encouraged by the new Republican governor, […]
January 30, 2010
To improve its public schools, the United States should raise the status of the teaching profession by recruiting more qualified candidates, training them better and paying them more, according to a new report on comparative educational systems. Andreas Schleicher, who oversees the international achievement test known by its acronym Pisa, says in his report that […]