August 20, 2010
When children return to school in September, there will be added excitement at the School for Language and Communication Development (SLCD) as it opens its high school in Richmond Hill following the settlement of an eight year lawsuit with the New York State Education Department (SED). “It’s just amazing to me that really what was […]
August 20, 2010
Presence TeleCare, the leading online provider of special education services, announced today that it received two separate grants from the U.S. Department of Education totaling $175,000. The grants support the company’s efforts to address the national shortage of speech-language pathologists (SLPs), which leaves at least 250,000 children in special education with inadequate or no service […]
August 20, 2010
It’s not clear whether salary caps that Gov. Chris Christie wants for New Jersey’s school superintendents would apply to private schools funded with tax dollars. An analysis by The Record newspaper found more than 60 administrators for the state’s 171 private special education schools earn more than the $175,000 cap. None of the state’s special […]
August 20, 2010
With just weeks left before school starts, there’s little discussion in Lansing about how to fund millions of dollars in new public school requirements, according to state Rep. Bill Rogers, R-Genoa Township. The requirements are all tied to Michigan’s efforts to net $400 million in federal school funding through Race to the Top – a […]
August 19, 2010
Congresswoman Barbara Lee is pleased to announce that the United States Department of Education is making available an additional $487 million to schools throughout the state of California through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2010. Education Secretary Arne Duncan made the funding available to the state after assessing its plan to reform […]
August 19, 2010
An infusion of federal money aimed at saving teacher jobs might not reach local districts for months, raising questions about how soon or how many teachers will be brought back. Congress approved a $10 billion payment to states to pay teachers’ salaries, but states haven’t received the money yet and, in California, state officials say […]
August 19, 2010
Last week, the House approved H.R. 1586, the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act. President Obama signed the legislation into law the very same day, sending $10 billion to local school districts to prevent education layoffs and rehire teachers who had already received pink slips. The law is expected to save the jobs of 161,000 […]
August 19, 2010
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell today announced California was awarded nearly $51.8 million in federal Charter Schools Program grant funding through the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement. The fact that California was a grant recipient was announced in July. However, the U.S. Department of Education recently announced how a […]
August 19, 2010
Middle school will be a little different for Indian River County students, thanks to budget cuts. Middle-school reading teachers were reduced, so advanced readers won’t get a reading class unless they ask for it as an elective. And middle-school athletes will play on clubs instead of teams, so there will be less traveling to other […]
August 19, 2010
Michigan, along with other states, has until Sept. 9 to apply for a portion of $10 billion in federal funding, which was included in the $26 billion Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance bill signed into law last week by President Barack Obama. According to information provided by the Michigan Education Association (MEA), the jobs of […]