September 16, 2010
There’s a bumpy road ahead on the way to a successful Common Core State Standards (CCSS) movement. Already states and districts are examining the match between current standards, what they currently teach at various grade levels, and the CCSS. Of particular significance is that online tests will become the norm in the years ahead for […]
September 16, 2010
A lawsuit has been filed over the 3% deduction from teacher salaries that was part of the state’s summer’s incentive to encourage those with 30 or more years of experience to retire, leaving room to hire cheaper teachers. Although the 3% is being deducted from paychecks, the money is being held in escrow until a […]
September 16, 2010
The state Board of Education took up the controversial issue of teacher evaluations Wednesday, unanimously voting to create an online database to share information about local, state and national efforts to measure educators’ effectiveness. The board also asked the Los Angeles, Long Beach and Fresno school districts to propose specific ways the state can support […]
September 15, 2010
Jenilyn Freestone’s son Jason struggles every year at the start of school. A fourth-grader at Blanco Elementary School, Jason is a special education student with memory problems. His grades improve throughout the year and he does well at the end of the school year. Then summer comes. "Oh my gosh, (the beginning of the school […]
September 15, 2010
Pittsylvania County Schools and Danville Public Schools will benefit from additional federal funds made available through the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act. "We had heard this money might be coming," said Pittsylvania County Schools Superintendent James McDaniel. "Last week we got the breakdown." Pittsylvania County expects to receive approximately $2.4 million. Danville should receive […]
September 15, 2010
Oklahoma school districts will share $116 million allotted from the federal Education Jobs Act enacted in August, the state Education Department announced Tuesday. Another $3 million will be used by the state agency for administration and accounting costs. Oklahoma City Public Schools will receive more than $7.1 million. "Oklahoma City Public Schools will use the […]
September 15, 2010
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is expected to approve a provision giving Fairfax County Public Schools $1.3 million to fund new and old programs for at-risk students along with the rest of the FY2010 Carryover Budget at a public hearing this morning. Earlier this year, Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Dale unveiled the […]
September 15, 2010
Gov. Deval Patrick Monday announced that Massachusetts public high school students made greater gains on the mathematics SAT exam than any other state over the past decade, and on the 2010 exam once again outscored all other states with high participation rates. Additionally, African-American students in Massachusetts now lead their peers nationwide. Results released Monday […]
September 15, 2010
Nebraska’s three major education groups have refused Gov. Dave Heineman’s attempt to pit education funding against the federal health care overhaul. “We do not believe that we can make a choice between the health of a child and the education of a child,” Mike Dulaney, executive director of the Nebraska Council of School Administrators, said […]
September 14, 2010
An application to open a charter school — possibly in Ossining in 2011 — was rejected by the State University of New York Charter Schools Institute, but will go before SUNY’s governing body this week for approval in the face of strong local objections. A proposa l to form the Hudson River Charter School, an […]