June 2, 2010
The Waukegan Unit School District Board of Education approved a set of measures Tuesday that cut some $4 million in spending, including the elimination of more than 70 employee positions. The measures address an overall budget deficit estimated earlier this year at $9.74 million. The board rejected a larger package of cuts that included proposals […]
June 2, 2010
Growth of a program that serves kids with autism has led the Minnesota River Valley Special Education Cooperative (MRVSEC) to turn office space into classrooms in Jordan. MRVSEC will move five positions to the educational cooperative’s Shakopee Town Square Mall location in August. What is cubicle space in Jordan will become a classroom. Near that […]
June 2, 2010
Walk into any public school in Milwaukee, and you’ll find streams of instruction flowing in some classrooms. It’s called inclusion. In this third-grade class at Gaenslen School, the teacher is working with the kids on spelling. In the back, a special education teacher is adapting the lesson for blond-haired Patrick. “You can see that he […]
June 1, 2010
A new law increases the number of new charter schools that can be formed in Hawai’i and revamps the way the state’s Charter School Review Panel reauthorizes them. The legislation, signed last week by Gov. Linda Lingle, does little to resolve a long-standing debate over equity in funding be tween public charter schools and their […]
June 1, 2010
After 24 years of teaching art, from drawing and painting to computer-aided displays, teacher Kim Haas is retiring. But there is no happy celebration. "That was pretty much my only option," said Haas, who walked out the door for the final time last week. And with her went Roanoke-Benson District 60’s entire art department. The […]
June 1, 2010
The projected $5.7 billion shortfall the state could be confronting next year might put the financial hurt on Minnesota schools. St. Cloud schools expect to take a hit in state funding next year, and they want the public to know what that means. St. Cloud school district officials are preparing for a reduction next year […]
June 1, 2010
Congress bailed out Wall Street and the auto industry, but it appears to have drawn the line — at least for now — at rescuing teachers. A Democratic plan to send $23 billion to the states to save the jobs of 100,000 to 300,000 public school teachers, librarians, counselors and other employees slated for layoffs […]
June 1, 2010
Indiana’s Medicaid costs could increase by as much as 5 percent because of the federal health-care overhaul, according to estimates by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health policy research group. That spending will result in a much bigger increase in the number of Hoosiers on Medicaid — a jump of 29 percent to 42 […]
June 1, 2010
For weeks, Pennsylvania has been trying to beef up its application to try to win up to $400 million in federal Race to the Top money for its schools. With today’s deadline for the next chance, it looks as if Pennsylvania may earn some additional points above the first round but not as many as […]
June 1, 2010
The California Teacher Corps is recruiting pink-slipped teachers from general education to earn credentials in special education. Teache rs in the special education intern program at Cal State San Bernardino say they’re glad they switched, and not just because they’re still working. "I’m actually surprised how much I like it," said Shannon Garibay, who now […]