January 25, 2010
Carl Traeger Elementary student Ben DeLap made his first friend at school this year. His autism aside, the third grader has struggled to socialize with his p eers after the district moved him into new schools four times in five years. "It’s not fair to our children," said his mother, Pam DeLap. "The typical children […]
January 25, 2010
MCLEAN, Va. – A group of Fairfax County parents frustrated by the threat of cuts to school funding held a rare weekend rally in an effort to get lawmakers in Richmond to listen. More than 100 families showed up at Churchill Road Elementary School in McLean Sunday to sign petitions and write letter to law […]
January 22, 2010
Missouri’s public schools may be forced to freeze salaries, expand classes, cut extracurricular activities or seek local tax increases to cope with a funding shortfall, education advocates warned Thursday. K-12 schools — though spared from cuts in their basic state aid — still might have to scale back because of Gov. Jay Nixon’s plan to […]
January 22, 2010
The Memphis City Council will vote again Tuesday on whether to fund Memphis City Schools for the current year, and some members think it is likely that the measure will pass this time. Last week, the council voted against giving the school district the $50 million it promised for the current school year until a […]
January 22, 2010
Washington State has been handed an opportuni ty for improving our schools. President Obama is offering $4.35 billion to states in Race to the Top funding to achieve school reform. Washington’s share could be up to $250 million. In order to receive this funding, though, the President is requiring Washington’s legislature to take the following […]
January 22, 2010
PORTSMOUTH — Painful, terrifying, devastating and unacceptable. Those words resonated loudly and clearly throughout the Little Harbour Elementary School cafeteria Thursday night as nearly 30 concerned parents, teachers and residents turned out and begged the School Board to be responsible to students when crafting its fiscal year 2011 budget. Board Chairman Mitch Shuldman got the […]
January 22, 2010
At its Jan. 11 meeting, the Glen Rock Board of Education (BOE) passed a resolution to support changes in the way New Jersey funds special education for private school students from other states. The resolution seeks an adjustment to the legislation behind the state’s Chapter 192 and Chapter 193 programs. According to the state Department […]
January 22, 2010
San Francisco schools are facing a $113 million budget shortfall over the next two years – a staggering figure that would mean layoffs, cuts to popular programs like summer school and increases in class size. Superintendent Carlos Garcia announced the projections Wednesday in a letter to San Francisco Unified School District staff and at a […]
January 21, 2010
SHOSHONE — The Shoshone School District will lose out on possible federal grant funding because the union representing the district’s teachers didn’t endorse participation in the federal Race to the Top grant program, despite support by the Idaho Education Association. School trustees on Jan. 12 discussed the Shoshone Education Association (an affiliate of IEA) declining […]
January 21, 2010
While legislatures and school districts in other states rush to comply with the application terms of the federal Race to the Top grant, Gov. Rick Perry is continuing his ongoing feud with the Obama administration by refusing to submit the state’s application – despite months of preparation by the Texas Education Agency. Perry’s political opponents […]