October 5, 2010
As part of President Obama’s stimulus program, special education funding was doubled. It was an unprecedented infusion of money. However, it was a one-time, short-term funding boost for children with special needs. There is still a ways to go for the federal government to live up to its promise of "full funding" of special education. […]
October 5, 2010
Political hostility over the health care law and the potential for turnover in statehouses this November are creating uncertainty for state Medicaid leaders as they prepare for a huge expansion of their programs. By 2014, state Medicaid programs must be able to cover millions more Americans and significantly improve their computer infrastructure — all while […]
October 5, 2010
If you want to talk about bolstering science and math education in this country, I’ll gladly break out my virtual pompoms and go rah. Who wouldn’t? Our nation’s economy, global allure and future tense all depend on the strength of its scientific spine. But mention the odious and increasingly pervasive term “STEM education,” and instead […]
October 5, 2010
Steve Bares minces no words when it comes to what it’s like to run a charter school under Memphis City Schools. He says MCS officials withhold money, obfuscate on issues and so effectively control who gets approved — and who doesn’t — that charter operators are effectively silenced. "When charter school principals got together and […]
October 4, 2010
Fourteen-year-old Jamarr Crayon’s biggest concern starting at the new University Preparatory Charter School for Young Men is where he will find a prom date. Surveying his classmates the first weeks of class, the seventh-grader gathered his social situation could be a challenge. It’s a minor tradeoff for the benefits he hopes to gain at Rochester’s […]
October 4, 2010
State education leaders voted Friday to send lawmakers a proposal to reduce funding disparities among school districts, partly by implementing a new statewide property tax to help pay for charter schools. The state Board of Education plans to present the four-part proposal to lawmakers later this month. The proposal aims to help shrink funding gaps […]
October 4, 2010
The U.S. Department of Education today announced the award of more than $141 million from the College Access Challenge Grant Program to 50 states, five territories, the District of Columbia and the Republic of Palau. The program aims to increase college access for low-income students and help them complete their postsecondary education. Grantees are authorized […]
October 4, 2010
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) today announced the availability of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The CACFP is a federally funded program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that is administered by ISBE. The program is designed to primarily assist child care centers, Head Start programs, before- and after-school programs, […]
October 4, 2010
When Republican Sam Brownback, the front-runner in the governor’s race, says he wants to reform the school finance formula but won’t say how, that raises concerns among those who have fought for more education funding. That anxiety is heightened because Brownback, a U.S. senator, has been away from state government for 16 years and missed […]
October 4, 2010
Rutherford County Schools h as found a new way to serve older special needs students. The system recently launched its Transition Academy at MTSU for those ages 18-22 with intellectual disabilities. Federal law requires that special education students be offered services until age 21. In some cases, those students attend high school after most of […]