August 5, 2010
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell today applauded the State Board of Education for voting to adopt the Common Core standards. “The adoption of the Common Core State standards is a great step forward in California’s effort to close the achievement gap and prepare all students for college and careers in the 21st century,” […]
August 5, 2010
State Superintendent Tony Evers announced $3.3 million in federal charter school grants for implementation activities during the 2010-11 school year. “These grants will help school districts create the next generation of quality charter schools that provide innovative, rigorous, and relevant instruction to our students, connecting them with real-world experiences,” he said. “These charter school implementation […]
August 5, 2010
Educational technology projects that will impact more than 225 school districts and other local educational agencies will share $1.3 million in federal funding through the Enhancing Education through Technology grant program. The federal grants target “high needs” districts based on income levels and federal census data to help them use technology and train teach ers. […]
August 4, 2010
The California Board of Education will hand out over $40 0 million in school improvement grant money to school districts before Labor Day. It sounds like a windfall, but some struggling East Bay school districts may not see a dime. Oakland Unified School District spokesperson Troy Flint says the embattled district was counting on $9 […]
August 4, 2010
As the number of children believed to be autistic has skyrocketed in Texas and worldwide, much of the public debate has focused on the reasons for the rapid increase. But after a decade in which when the state has seen a fourfold spike in diagnoses of the condition — to nearly 30,000 — the more […]
August 4, 2010
Whether your child is in good health or not, a registered nurse at school can recognize medical issues you may have missed and be a powerful advocate to ensure your school has life-saving equipment. But thanks to strapped education budgets, many schools today don’t employ a full-time nurse. And in schools that still have nurses, […]
August 4, 2010
Many children with disabilities don’t get the schooling they’re entitled to, but Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Tuesday he’s committed to changing the status quo. In a speech to hundreds of parents and educators attending a national special education conference, Duncan acknowledged the lengths that many parents must go to ensure that their children […]
August 4, 2010
At a time when other school districts have laid off large numbers of teachers, Wake County school leaders are feeling fort unate that they’re not facing deeper budget cuts. Wake school administrators said Tuesday that the district will only have to cut $2.6 million more from the budget to make up for unplanned losses in […]
August 4, 2010
Grappling with budget shortfalls, eight Utah school districts are planning to boost property taxes this month. On the Wasatch Front, Salt Lake City, Davis and Weber County school boards are weighing tax increases. In rural Utah, school districts for Beaver, Daggett, Garfield, Morgan and Rich counties plan to bump their tax rates. But Beaver and […]
August 3, 2010
The state Board of Education has postponed the award of more than $311 million to 31 districts to help them reform s ome of the state’s persistently lowest-achieving schools. Board members sought the delay Monday to clarify the selection process for doling out the money, which could exclude districts such as Oakland, Mt. Diablo, West […]