November 8, 2010
Nearly 1,000 full-time teaching positions were added at Iowa’s public schools during a five-year period when improving students’ academic skills was heavily emphasized. Yet students’ academic achievement saw little growth during that time, according to data from state reading and ma th tests and national exams such as the ACT. In addition, enrollment in Iowa’s […]
November 8, 2010
Kansas Court of Appeals Chief Judge Gary Rulon Thursday named three judges, from widely separate parts of the state, to hear a lawsuit that claims state budget cuts for school funding violate state school childrens’ constitutional rights. The three include Shawnee County District Judge Franklin R. Theis, of Topeka, who also was appointed the panel’s […]
November 8, 2010
Alarmed by evidence that gay and lesbian student s are common victims of schoolyard bullies, many school districts are bolstering their antiharassment rules with early lessons in tolerance, explaining that some children have “two moms” or will grow up to love members of the same sex. But such efforts to teach acceptance of homosexuality, which […]
November 8, 2010
Collaborations popping up across the country between charter and traditional public schools show promise that charter schools could fulfill their original purpose of becoming research-and-development hothouses for public education, champions of charters say. But both supporters and skeptics of charter schools agree that so far the cooperative efforts are not widespread nor are most of […]
November 8, 2010
Voters overwhelmingly rejected the ballot measure that would mandate the state increase its education funding by hundreds of millions of dollars. But advocates and opponents of State Question 744 both agree the education funding debate is far from finished. The legislature and school officials will now be tasked to consider reforms and calls for funding […]
November 8, 2010
Northeast Ohio voters sent a clear message Tuesday when they gave a resounding thumbs-down to additional taxes for public schools. That’s likely to be followed with a message about subtraction, as Gov.-elect John Kasich and the Republican-controlled legislature figure out what to cut to plug a hole of as much as $8 billion in the […]
November 8, 2010
The Houston Independent School District is holding ten public meetings during two days in November to gather feedback from parents and community members regarding the effectiveness of the district’s special education program. During the meetings, the public’s input will be gathered on a series of questions which have been developed by the TEA to gather […]
November 5, 2010
The U.S. Department of Education has launched a campaign to help school officials channel the flood of student data generated in federal accountability reporting and state longitudinal databases without leaking students’ or teachers’ private information. “With the emphasis on [the No Child Left Behind Act], we’ve seen a real expansion of the information on students […]
November 5, 2010
When it comes to school layout, the latest catchword is “pods.” It’s a design style Norman Public Schools’ administration says reflects education tomorrow, not today. And it is the key element in the district’s new elementary school design, which the Board of Education approved during a special meeting Wednesday. The board also approved designs for […]
November 5, 2010
The big incoming crop of Republican governors and state lawmakers will inherit bleak conditions for funding school programs and face potentially vexing decisions about whether to pursue the ambitious education proposals crafted by their predecessors, often with bipartisan support. Many of those victorious GOP candidates campaigned on time-tested conservative platforms, emphasizing a return to local […]