August 3, 2010
The Pittsburgh Public Schools plan to reorganize the current model of secondary education and to implement a new teacher evaluation and compensation model that will cost about $26 million over the next four years, officials said. The tab, for the most part, reflects the operational costs at the six schools mostly affected by the district’s […]
August 3, 2010
What do Pajaro Valley and Los Angeles school districts have in common? Neither was set to get federal money to improve low achieving schools when the California Board of Education met Monday. But thanks to the political clout of the Southern California city, Pajaro Valley may get a second chance at $6.6 million to implement […]
August 3, 2010
Even if the U.S. Senate passes a spending package for Medicaid and education funding this week to help lessen gaps in state budgets, it would be weeks before Pennsylvania’s state and local government employees know the impact of looming budget cuts. Gov. Ed Rendell has been frantically waving a red flag for months, warning that […]
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 […]
August 3, 2010
Monday’s release of school ratings brings to light a debate that has been going on in education circles since the passage of the federal No Child Left Behind Act in 2001. Should special-education students be held to the same standards and have to take the same tests as everyone else? "Of course not," said James […]
August 2, 2010
With the White House’s backing, Senate Democrats on Monday plan to push for a school-aid measure that the Department of Education says would save almost 5,000 teacher jobs in Ohio. The $10 billion package for education would provide about $362 million for Ohio schools, according to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Dun can. "You know better […]
August 2, 2010
On Tuesday New York State became one of 19 finalists in the second round of President Obama’s Race to the Top competition. If New York manages to become one of the winning states, it could receive up to almost $700 million for its public schools. That money would come in handy, as figures released by […]
August 2, 2010
The math is simple: California schools have less money than most other states, but their teachers are the most highly paid in the nation. Per pupil spending, on the other hand, trails the national average by about $2,500. Until the financially troubled state government finds more money to invest in its public schools, which make […]
August 2, 2010
Despite numerous challenges and Band-Aids to Texas’ school funding system over the past three decades, school leaders say another school finance lawsuit is imminent. If it doesn’t come before the legislative session that begins in January, a lawsuit likely will be filed by the spring as a growing number of schools contend with deep budget […]
August 2, 2010
With the U.S. Senate poised to vote on an extension of stimulus funding to states for Medicaid and education, Wisconsin’s superintendent of schools and health services secretary called on senators to pass the measure to stave off drastic cuts. If passed, Wisconsin would receive an additional $180 million in education funding and $185 million for […]