March 3, 2010
The Southland’s largest school district, like many others in the region, is moving forward with teacher layoffs. Los Angeles Unified’s board of education voted today to send 5,200 provisional layoff notices to district employees. About half of those notices will go to managers who hold teaching credentials. Most of the rest wi ll go to […]
March 3, 2010
PIERRE, SD – A bill to reform the education funding formula in South Dakota is alive again. Senator Dave Knudson’s bill, SB 124, aims to give schools more money, but only if state revenue grows, too. Tuesday, Knudson revived the bill under a different name, after lawmakers changed the original bill’s intent. Designed to increase […]
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
President Obama plans Monday to outline a get-tough str ategy for turning around persistently struggling schools, offering increased federal funding to local school systems that shake up their lowest-achieving campuses. Obama was expected to promote his initiative in a 10 a.m. appearance Monday before an organization called America’s Promise Alliance, founded by former secretary of […]