June 21, 2010
A proposal to educate middle-schoolers with special education needs inside the district is now in the hands of the state. Lawrence Finnerty, project manager for the in-district day school proposal, said the school department’s proposal was on the way to the Massachusetts Department of Secondary and Elementary Education on Friday. He said it would likely […]
June 21, 2010
Jefferson County Public Schools will spend $21.4million over the next three years to make improvements administrators hope will help turn around 26 of the district’s lowest-performing schools, according to a detailed plan r eleased during a school board meeting Monday night. Some schools will hire master teachers and instructional coaches to mentor and provide support […]
June 21, 2010
During a time of year when most of their contemporaries are staying as far away from school as possible, a team of about 20 young men will be spending countless hours in the hallways and classrooms of Lee County’s schools. Moving furniture, stripping floors and applying coats of wax, these high school and college students […]
June 21, 2010
For the second time in as many years, the Cherokee County school board has denied a request to open a charter school in the district. The board voted in lockstep to deny a request by the Georgia Charter Educational Foundation to open a charter school in the Holly Springs area in time for the upcoming […]
June 21, 2010
Organizations and agencies funded by the state are still assessing the fallout from the latest round of budget cuts. Without a doubt, education is the biggest loser in the latest round of cuts. Gov. Jay Nixon completely eliminated a program that subsidizes internet access in schools. And he sliced tens of millions from school bus […]
June 21, 2010
City Council chairman Harold Collins is considering letting voters have a voice in whether the city should continue to fund Memphis City Schools. Collins said Friday that he will ask council members on Tuesday if they are interested in placing a referendum on the November ballot that would let voters decide the school funding issue. […]
June 21, 2010
Gov. Mark Parkinson on Friday criticized a move by a coalition of schools to sue the state over school funding. “Kansas has faced some extremely challenging times over the past two years, but we cannot sue our way out of them. We must come together and find solutions,” Parkinson told the Lawrence Journal-World. Schools for […]
June 21, 2010
More than 10 years after a charter school sued Asheville City Schools over funding, the issue has come up again. This time, three charter schools are seeking $1.3 million from the district. Evergreen Community Charter School, Francine Delany New School for Children and ArtSpace Charter School also sent a letter seeking nearly $700,000 from Buncombe […]
June 21, 2010
With states across the country facing unprecedented budgetary challenges, some have begun questioning Indiana’s commitment to K-12 education funding. While significant challenges certainly exist, it is important to recognize Hoosier taxpayers have a record they can be proud of when it comes to funding our K-12 students. In many states, funding cuts for K-12 schools […]
June 18, 2010
Education took a big hit Thursday in Missouri’s latest round of budget cuts as Gov. Jay Nixon halved busing aid to public schools and significantly reduced college scholarships for the upcoming academic year. Other cuts will affect people with chronic health problems, the mentally ill, the disabled who receive in-home services and developers who depend […]