September 17, 2010
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that Tennessee will receive $67.8 million to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) prog ram. These funds are part of the $3.5 billion that will be made available to states this spring from money set aside in the 2009 budget […]
September 17, 2010
In his second annual State of Education address Thursday in the Capitol Rotunda, State Superintendent T ony Evers expressed pride in Wisconsin’s public schools and libraries as he laid out an ambitious agenda focused on graduating more students from high school prepared for the workforce or further education. “As your state superintendent, I am humbled […]
September 17, 2010
Even as they wait to see how much money they’ll receive, New Jersey school districts are beginning to plan for how they will spend their slice of $268 million in extra federal education aid. The federal government has approved New Jersey’s application for the funding, and state officials said that district-by-district numbers should be released […]
September 17, 2010
Area school district leaders say they will analyze staffing needs before deciding on how to distribute their portion of a federal jobs funding bill intended to salvage teaching positions. Virginia, one of eight states confirmed to receive the money, will get close to $250 million in federal funding to help save education jobs, the Virginia […]
September 17, 2010
Gov. Bob Riley on Thursday increased proration in the state Education Trust Fund from 7.5 percent to 9.5 percent, cutting this year’s budgeted spending from the trust fund by another $113 million. The extra cut will force public school systems to eat into their savings or borrow money, said Sally Howell, executive director of the […]
September 17, 2010
The clock is ticking and Yazmin Villalobos is watching for her daughter and two neighbor girls to come out the gate at Park Hill Elementary at 3:15 p.m. in San Jacinto. They know to hustle out to the Jeep Grand Cherokee. "When I get home, my husband leaves for work," in the car at 3:30 […]
September 16, 2010
Students at seven of the 11 school districts in Luzerne County have scored well enough on 2009-10 standardized tests to achieve all goals set by the state. And even at schools missing targets, most students are working on or above grade-level, and the students needing additional help are in minority subgroups, such as special education […]
September 16, 2010
The Houston charter school Benji’s Special Educational Academy promotes itself as the "home of the fighting tigers." On Wednesday, the school’s founder and chief executive lived out that motto, refusing to accept that the state had ordered Benji’s to close immediately because it had nearly run out of money. Instead, Theaola Robinson dispatched buses to […]
September 16, 2010
Start-of-school bus chaos is hitting special education students the hardest, according to parents and city data. More than 185 special ed buses were at least a half-hour late for school Wednesday alone, data show, and parents say some students aren’t getting picked up at all. Even though a bus picks up mentally disabled Tyler Cintron, […]
September 16, 2010
Nevada’s education chief said Wednesday his agency has been unable to fill critical positions because of a mandate from the governor’s office that new hires start at the lowest salary grade. Superintendent Keith Rheault told a legislative committee that the requirement has stymied efforts to fill key administrative positions within the Department of Education, such […]