February 25, 2010
The office of Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today said he is pleased New Mexico has been recognized as a national leader for its work to address children’s dental health needs but underscores that more progress is needed. A Pew Center on States report released this week […]
February 24, 2010
Julie Whitehead thinks her two elementary-age sons are missing out in a crowded classroom where the student to teacher ratio is as high as 28 to 1. "You cannot tell me that, with those class sizes, my child is getting all the attention that I feel he deserves," said the Elkhart County woman. Whit ehead […]
February 24, 2010
In the latest reminder that Washington’s wealthy suburbs are not recession-proof, Fairfax County officials Tuesday proposed a property tax increase, about 100 layoffs and cuts to education, public safety and social services to offset a roughly $257 million shortfall. It is the third consecutive year of service cuts in the region’s biggest locality, with one […]
February 24, 2010
A Bonneville Elementary special-education instructor inspired by her disabled sister is Orange County’s teacher of the year. Jennifer Michaels-Gesundheit, who began teaching 10 years ago, was chosen from among five finalists Monday night for the school district’s top award at a ceremony at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort Hotel. The other four finalists for the 2011 […]
February 23, 2010
POPLAR RIDGE – Taxpayers in the Southern Cayuga Central School District could have access to plentiful information regarding the district’s 2010-11 budget and the overall process of building a budget. The board of education presented a portion of its working budget for the 2010-11 school year at its meeting Monday. The categories of teaching-administration, library, […]
February 23, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of teachers in The City will be slapped with tentative pink slips March 15 as the San Francisco Unified School District grapples with a projected two-year, $113 million deficit. New figures from the SFUSD show that 318 teachers — including 174 at elementary schools, 66 at middle schools and 78 at […]
February 22, 2010
The House Appropriations Committee will propose $245 million in discretionary education funds to let local governments decide how to make painful budget cuts. The House budget committee and Senate Finance Committee will meet tomorrow to adopt budget bills that the full legislature will consider next Thursday. Del. M. Kirkland Cox, R-Colonial Heights, vice chairman of […]
February 22, 2010
NEWTON, Kan. | A coalition of Kansas school districts voted Friday to sue the state over funding. The soonest the case would be filed is probably late summer, said John Robb, lead attorney for Schools for Fair Funding. Seventy-two Kansas districts support a lawsuit. Legislators are trying to make no additional cuts in kindergarten through […]
February 22, 2010
The Associated School Boards of South Dakota wants the Supreme Court to consider disadvantaged students when it hears arguments in an appeal challenging the constitutionality of the state’s school funding system. The school boards group filed a "friend of the court" brief this month in support of the schools involved in the appeal of Circuit […]
February 22, 2010
The Chambersburg Area School District’s special education department’s policies and procedures will be getting updated in the near future. The school board unanimously approved the hiring of William J. McNelis to serve as a consultant for the development of a special education policy and procedure manual. McNelis will compile current procedures for special education, gifted […]