November 1, 2010
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) announced today that students are showing incremental improvement on tests administered by the state and that 211 schools and 56 districts made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) this year that did not make it last year. However, despite the improvements students are making, more schools and districts are failing […]
November 1, 2010
New recommendations on how to narrow the state’s gaping achievement gap met with cautious approval among local education leaders, but concerns remain about the cost of implementing reforms. The governor-appointed Connecticut Commission on Educational Achievement last week released a long list of recommendations for how the state can begin to close the achievement gap between […]
November 1, 2010
The central Wisconsin village of Marathon City (population 1,085) knows something about global competition that eludes many Americans: In a world of global trade, a second language can be a surefire ticket to a career. The school district there began offering Chinese-language classes in 2005, in a town that boasts Wisconsin’s oldest trade ties with […]
November 1, 2010
Most schoolchildren are too young to vote, but the ballots cast on Amendment 8 in Tuesday’s election will have an impact on their schooling. At stake: Whether to loosen the rules on how many children can be in a single public classroom in Florida, or hold the school districts to a strict mandate. The first […]
November 1, 2010
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell today announced that the California Department of Education (CDE) will continue to allocate $76 million in available federal funds to maintain essential mental health services for students with severe disabilities despite Governor Schwarzenegger’s unilateral suspension of mental health services for students and his line-item veto of $133 million […]
November 1, 2010
NEARLY EVERY major issue facing Boston’s public school system — educational quality, excess building capacity, parent satisfaction, staff morale, and budget challenges — ricocheted around the auditorium of English High School Tuesday night during a turbulent School Committee meeting. With so much stuff flying around, some people were bound to get hurt. Ostensibly, the meeting […]
November 1, 2010
School superintendents, early childhood education advocates and special education coordinators are calling for state administrators to maintain education funding in light of the state’s budget troubles. In the second of six planned public hearings, Illinois State Board of Education gathered last week in Springfield to gather suggestions as the state agency prepares its next budget. […]
November 1, 2010
The toll of California’s $17 billion slash in state public education funding over two years’ time has become obvious: Students are crammed into classrooms. Summer-school programs meant to give students a second chance are being trimmed or eliminated. More than 20,000 teachers across California received pink slips.& #x0D; Janitors, office assistants and aides have been […]
October 29, 2010
Longer school days. An extended year for teachers. Additional time devoted to English and math. Virtual classes at the high school. Wraparound social services at the elementary schools. These are just some of the measures that four Providence schools, identified by state Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist as among the worst in the state, have […]
October 29, 2010
The New York City Department of Education said Thursday that up to 47 schools could be closed for poor performance, a huge increase from previous years if all remain on the chopping block. In the eight years since Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has used school closings as a cornerstone of his school reform strategy, 91 […]