July 29, 2010
Four Salem County school districts are eligible for a portion of $270 million in facilities grants funding announced Wednesday by the state Department of Education, but there’s one requirement. Districts will only receive the money if they can come up with a local share – either through their regular budget or through a referendum – […]
July 29, 2010
Attrition is a common word at local school district board of education meetings. When an employee resigns or retires, they simply aren’t replaced, to save money. Coshocton City Schools has eliminated three positions through attrition in the past year. "We are not currently anticipating any staff cuts unless there is a state funding cut to […]
July 29, 2010
With Pennsylvania’s recently-passed budget now looking iffy, the Chambersburg Area School District’s board and administration are wondering how state funding for the district will be impacted. "Today for the first time (business manager) Steve Dart and I believed we may end up with less subsidy than we did last year," said Superintendent Joe Padasak. The […]
July 29, 2010
Congress has squashed hopes for a $10 billion rescue fund to save teacher jobs. Emergency Medicaid funding for the states is teetering on a political cliff. And the talk of extending health insurance subsidies for laid-off workers has gone quiet. As Congress inches toward a five-week August recess without passing any of these funding measures, […]
July 29, 2010
Most of Bowie’s 10 public elementary schools, as they have in past years, met all reading and math targets set in the Maryland School Assessment tests released last week. � A;However, three Bowie schools — Benjamin Tasker and Samuel Ogle middle schools and High Bridge Elementary — failed to meet all targets for the second […]
July 28, 2010
New York is one step closer. The state is a finalists for up to $700 million in federal education funds as part of the Race to the Top competition. The feds announced Tuesday that 18 states and the District of Columbia made the list to be considered for the second round of grants. That’s up […]
July 28, 2010
The California Legislature struggled mightily last year to pass important educational reforms. The battles exposed the difficulties – and the political cost – of overcoming the institutional resistance that has contributed to California’s poor national performance in education. On Tuesday, reformers got an important boost: California is a finalist for the second round of federal […]
July 28, 2010
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell announced Tuesday that the California Department of Education (CDE) has been awarded a major federal Charter Schools Program grant through the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement. California applied for $300 million in federal Charter School start up grant funds, O’Connell said although the Education […]
July 28, 2010
The federal Race to the Top program would be renewed for another year under a spending bill approved today by th e Senate Appropriations subcommittee that deals with education spending—but wouldn’t receive nearly as much money as President Barack Obama has sought. Under the measure, which passed by voice vote with Republicans audibly voting "no," […]
July 28, 2010
If New Hampshire is in a race to improve its schools, it hasn’t even cleared the starting blocks. The U.S. Department of Education yesterday released a list of 19 state finalists in the Race to the Top, President Obama’s signature effort to improve schools in the country. And the Granite State did not make the […]