July 16, 2010
For the past 27 years, Gail Drillings has been a special education teacher at Columbus High School in the Bronx – and she has loved every minute of it. "It’s always been a real neighborhood school, a place where the kids and teachers really cared," she said yesterday. But until Wednesday night, Drillings had no […]
July 16, 2010
A handful of Delaware’s persistently low-achieving schools made great gains in this year’s state assessment scores, but students statewide struggled in reading, continuing a downward trend in that subject area. Delaware Department of Education officials said the decline in reading scores was caused in part by a change in the way some students were given […]
July 15, 2010
The special education program in the Redlands Unified School District took center stage during Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting. Following two board meetings where concerned parents and advocates spoke about how the needs of their autistic students are not being met, Chief Academic Officer Paul Cullen gave the board and those present a program on […]
July 15, 2010
The state’s unexpected $220 million estimated budget surplus will mean a windfall for area schools and state employees. Gov. Bob McDonnell announced the estimated surplus Wednesday for the fiscal year that ended June 30. It comes after the state cut spending to localities, schools, agencies and others to cover a $1.8 billion shortfall through the […]
July 15, 2010
Ohio’s new school-funding formula under-funds teacher salaries and benefits and could need more than $1 billion a year added if it is to properly pay for education. That was a recommendation yesterday from a subcommittee that says state leaders should increase the teacher-salary figure in the funding formula developed last year by Gov. Ted Strickland […]
July 15, 2010
Federal stimulus money that helped school districts shore up programs and save jobs is running out and educators across the nation now must turn to layoffs and cuts to make up the shortfall, according to a new report. Starting in June 2009, Congress set aside about $100 billion to provide a two-year cushion to school […]
July 15, 2010
You can stay open, but you’re on your own. That’s the message sent yesterday to the 19 low-performing schools that were slated for closure but were kept open by an NAACP and teachers union l awsuit. The teachers union had pushed for extra assistance at the schools – especially for English-language learners and homeless and […]
July 15, 2010
A significant increase in enrollment for special education for preschool-age children prompted school officials to double the size of the Farmington Municipal Schools’ Special Preschool on Fortuna Drive. Approximately 7,000 square feet of new space connected to the existing building, including six additional classrooms, a kitchen, career center and office space, will comprise the $2 […]
July 14, 2010
The Yonkers budget doomsday clock got set back Tuesday after word that Albany was ready to restore major funding cuts to its schools. "We have received word from Albany that the Legislature and the governor will over turn the $36.4 million funding cut," David Simpson, spokesman for Mayor Phil Amicone, said late in the day. […]
July 14, 2010
Vermont’s special education system has been found to be non-compliant with federal education law, according to an annual performance report for the 2008-09 school year. The U.S. Department of Education, as part of the Individuals with Disabilities Act, looks at the special education departments of every state to see if the states are meeting the […]