January 19, 2010
New York, home of the nation’s largest school district, is on the verge of rejecting key components of the White House’s education effort amid a state fight over charter schools. The Democratic-led legislature, with heavy backing from teachers’ unions, is behind a law that critics, including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, say will curb […]
January 19, 2010
Salinas teachers and administrators are keeping a close eye on the governor’s budget proposal.The financial blueprint, which Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released Jan. 8, would cut deep and wide across California public education. Funding for school district administration would drop by $1.2 billion, for county offices of education by $45 million, and the state’s class-size reduction […]
January 19, 2010
A "gold-standard" health clinic is about to open at Brooklyn Center High School, an operation that matches up with the best in-school centers in terms of services offered. The expectation is that it will be good for students’ health and their education. The $260,000 clinic, paid for with donations, will open Feb. 1 and offer […]
January 19, 2010
The T aos Municipal Schools District could be required to reimburse the state for joint federal and state Medicaid payments for students needing disability assistance, a New Mexico Human Services Department spokesperson says. The department found that the district inappropriately billed claims last year, HSD spokesperson Betina Gonzales McCracken said. The payments were made under […]
January 19, 2010
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will outline a spending plan Tuesday that relies heavily on shuffling money between bank accounts and cuts to almost all state programs except K-12 education to close an 18 percent budget gap, according to sources familiar with his plan. The single biggest fix would come from transferring funds, including one controlled […]
January 19, 2010
Dave Trabert and the Kansas Policy Institute continue to imply that Kansas public school districts have plenty of money and can use carryover money to avoid budget cuts ("Tax increases and lawsuit not needed," Jan. 10 Opinion). Trabert did acknowledge that some carryover is necessa ry, but he did not provide information on why the […]
January 19, 2010
Families with autistic children in eastern Los Angeles County have filed a class-action lawsuit against a nonprofit agency for discontinuing therapy for the disorder, it was reported on Monday. The Eastern Los Angeles County Regional Center halted the therapy for more than 100 children, citing budget cuts in state- funded services, according to the Los […]
January 19, 2010
Getting her son the help he needs has never been easy for Mary Lou Woynar of Westbrook. She’s had to educate herself and be assertive and vocal. Woynar believes it is largely because of her efforts that her son Max, 11, is receiving extra academic support. Max, in fifth grade at Westbrook Middle School, has […]
January 18, 2010
Local school administrators and unions put on their track shoes in December to figure out whether they were interested in applying for some brand-new federal funding that might actually take care of some of those unfunded mandates plaguing schools these days. Ohio’s been offered a piece of as much as $400 million by the federal […]
January 18, 2010
Legislation inspired by an Ocean City girl who overcame severe dyslexia has been signed into law in New Jersey. The measure creates a reading disabilities task force, which would help determine the best methods for diagnosing, treating and educating special needs students. The 13-member panel will include the state commissioners of education and human resources, […]