August 27, 2010
The federal government has accepted South Dakota’s plan for using $47.2 million in aid money, but the outcome is a major disappointment for education groups that had hoped to see some of that money flow to schools. Under the state’s plan, the $47.2 million – $20.9 million for Medicaid and $26.3 million for education – […]
August 27, 2010
The Detroit Public Schools is in jeopardy of losing funding for its preschool food program for up to seven years after state officials found altered documents, failure to monitor facilities and claims for more funding than the district was entitled to receive. The Michigan Department of Education determined DPS is "seriously deficient" in the administration […]
August 27, 2010
Every school in Lyon County will be getting at least one new teacher as the Lyon County School District will spend its $3.4 million allotment from a new federal jobs bill to fill 30 positions throughout the District. The District received notification last Wednesday, August 18, that it’s allotment of the $83 million received by […]
August 27, 2010
Virginia could get a dozen new federally supported community health-center sites next year as federal officials, preparing for millions of newly insured Americans, plan to fund up to 350 more sites. As part of health-care reform, $250 million is being made available in 2011 for the new health-center sites. Operators of the Daily Planet and […]
August 26, 2010
Revamping teacher evaluations with the goal of helping instructors improve has become an urgent priority in the nation’s second-largest school district, Ramon C. Cortines, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, said in an address to administrators Wednesday. Cortines said the district will develop and adopt a "value added" method that determines teachers’ and […]
August 26, 2010
Memphis officials were left to ponder Wednesday how to pay a bill that could reach $57 million after the Tennessee Supreme Court declined to hear the city’s appeal over school funding. With its decision, the Supreme Court essentially agreed with rulings by two lower courts that said the city could not reduce its funding to […]
August 26, 2010
Gov. Deval L. Patrick is releasing $204 million in federal economic recovery funding to local school districts that will boost Worcester’s public school budget with an additional $1.9 million to pay teachers. The funds come as part of a $650 million state share of an extension of federal recovery funds that cleared Congress earlier this […]
August 26, 2010
If California legislators don’t quickly pass a law to stop school districts from having to return money for students with severe disabilities, San Diego Unified leaders will have to decide whether to dip deeper into their reserves or slash $18 million more from the district budget. California is slate d to pull special education funding […]
August 26, 2010
Long Island school districts, aided by a last-minute infusion of federal funds intended to help save teachers’ jobs, will still find themselves at least $80 million short of last year’s state aid figure – a big drop, but not nearly as large as originally feared. Total aid of $2.32 billion is 3.4 percent less than […]
August 26, 2010
Funding that will help teachers deepen their content knowledge in mathematics and science and strengthen their classroom instruction of these subjects will go to four new partnerships in Wisconsin, benefitting 20 schools and nearly 200 teachers. The new grants, through the federal Mathematics and Science Partnership program, will fund two mathematics partnerships, one science partnership, […]