April 29, 2010
The Bloomberg administration, struggling to address the needs of a growing number of students with learning disabilities, is overhauling special education by asking every principal to take in more of the students and giving them greater flexibility in deciding how to teach them. This fall, more than 250 schools will be asked to accept more […]
April 29, 2010
First, Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee announces that an extra $34 million is available in the D.C. schools budget for teacher pay raises. Two days later, Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi declares that not only is most of it nonexistent but also that Rhee is running a projected $30 million over budget in her central […]
April 28, 2010
California has a new strategy to win a high-profile federal grant for school reform: Three large districts, including Los Angeles Unified, will apply for those competitive dollars. The state lost out in the first round of competition for a share of the $4.35 billion in Race to the Top grants, held in March. Its application […]
April 28, 2010
The 55 Detroit public school buildings proposed to be closed beginning in June will be leased, sold or demolished, but taxpayers still will be on the hook to pay off millions in renovations to the buildings. Property taxes will go to repay more than $65 million through 2033 for the improvements, district data show. Detroit […]
April 28, 2010
Developing a fair formula for funding schools across Wyoming is always a complex and politically sensitive issue, and this year is no exception, as how small schools are funded has been a recent concern in Park County and elsewhere. The topic came up again as the Legislature began its five-year review of the state’s school […]
April 28, 2010
The Missouri House took a first step Tuesday toward potentially resolving a dispute over how to fund public schools in coming years. Lawmakers have been torn this session on how to cut education spending to balance the budget, but do so in a way that’s equitable to all schools districts, which have individual variances in […]
April 28, 2010
In an application for a federal School Improvement Grant, the Tuscaloosa County School System listed problems facing its two lowest-achieving schools — Davis-Emerson Middle and Holt Elementary — including poor student performance, discipline issues, curriculum issues and low parental involvement in the schools. The system’s plans to correct those problems using the grant’s funds are […]
April 28, 2010
The Indianapolis Public School Board on Tuesday approved $26.8 million in sweeping budget cuts but rebuffed several requests to cut back on board and administrative expenses. Superintendent Eugene White’s budget cuts include eliminating more than 100 teaching positions through attrition. They also eliminate the positions of 20 school police officers, 20 janitors and numerous other […]
April 28, 2010
As many as 260 teachers may lose their jobs to balance the books of the South Bend Community School Corporation. Over the past two days, that’s how many Reduction in Force (RIF) notices have been sent to teachers. “That’s a lot in a corporation of 15 hundred (teachers), that’s a big chunk and you know […]
April 28, 2010
Grisel Hanton does not know where to send her five-year-old to school next year. Hanton, whose daughter Kayla is autistic, sends her two older children to P.S. 241 in West Harlem. But the school isn’t equipped to address Kayla’s needs, Hanton said, and she is in the process of looking into other special education programs—including […]