March 3, 2010
Downers Grove, IL — Classrooms are getting an unwelcome increase in size — but school officials are hoping for a budget breakthrough to bring the class sizes back down. Community High School District 99 will see an increase in class sizes for the 2010-11 school year after the Board of Education approved a reduction in […]
March 3, 2010
Thousands of Utah junior high and high school students could lose school bus services if a bill that gained overwhelming support in the House on Tuesday passes. Under HB166, junior high and high school students who live less than three miles from school might no longer get bus service. Schools would still be allowed to […]
March 2, 2010
WHEN it comes to special education, Becky McGee and her 19-year-old son, Kyle, feel as if they’ve seen it all. And Ms. McGee hopes her hard-won lessons might benefit other parents. Kyle was born with orthopedic and neurological problems. In elementary school he was found to have several learning disabilities that included severe dyslexia and […]
March 2, 2010
School districts in Jefferson County and Colorado Springs have joined a lawsuit on whether the state provides enough funding to public schools. The development throws the weight of two major school districts behind the lawsuit, a case that could force the state to spend far more on schools as well as potentially cha llenge the […]
March 2, 2010
History suggests that Nevada’s public schools may never recover from the budget cuts being required of them by legislators after this weekend. Consider what has happened since 2001, when the Clark County School District increased class sizes in grades 4 through 12 in order to save tens of millions of dollars. Larger classes meant fewer […]
March 2, 2010
Busloads of Baltimore schoolchildren, parents and teachers traveled to Annapolis late yesterday to decry education funding cuts under consideration as lawmakers search for ways to squeeze the state budget. "There are some things that are indispensable," said Rodney Burris, a parent with a child at Walter P. Carter Elementary School who spoke at a rally […]
March 2, 2010
School districts have tried begging for money from state legislators. They’ve pleaded for mercy when it became clear that cuts were inevitable. This year, as the economic pinch remains as tight as ever, some school leaders are singing a new tune: “Leave me alone, leave me alone, leave me alone,” said Broward Superintendent Jim Notter. […]
March 2, 2010
NEWARK — Licking County school districts say they are trying to use their federal stimulus money creatively with an eye toward future budgets, when the money might no longer be available. "This isn’t permanent funding," Newark Superintendent Doug Ute said. "This is a two-year deal.&a mp;quot; Licking County schools, including community schools, are expected to […]
March 2, 2010
Jeff and Kirsten Martin are used to defending their daughter, Emily. They’ve been fighting for her since doctors advised Kirsten to have an abortion after a sonogram foreshadowed Emily’s many physical and mental disabilities. Emily is a talkative, affectionate 12-year-old who was born with dislocated hips, hydrocephalus, commonly known as water on the brain, and […]
March 1, 2010
The debate leading to a school-tax referendum in Sarasota County has generated a lot of questions, including many focused on the broader topic of education funding in Florida. Writing about this topic has its risks. It’s complicated, numbers change from year to year and county to county. And, unless the writer is prepared to produce […]