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 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 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 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 […]