February 8, 2010
For a school reform derby with $4 billion at stake, Virginia is proposing experiments with teacher performance pay, a modest expansion of charter schools and other steps in line with the Obama administration’s education agenda. But analysts say the state still looks like a dark horse to win a share of Race to the Top […]
February 8, 2010
Federal stimulus money has helped avoid drastic cuts at public schools in most parts of the nation, at least so far. But with the federal money running out, many of the nation’s schools are approaching what officials are calling a “funding cliff.” President Obama with students last month in Falls Church, Va. Many schools will […]
February 8, 2010
The Napa County Office of Education is seeking reimbursement for legal costs it incurred defending itself from a lawsuit brought by the St. Helena Unified School District. Last week, lawyers representing the Napa County Office of Education filed a motion in Solano County Superior Court asking the court to impose sanctions on the St. Helena […]
February 8, 2010
One battle over a federal education grant program ended last month in Sacramento. Another will begin this spring in hundreds of school districts up and down the state. Lawmakers in January passed legislation to make California eligible for a chunk of the more than $4billion Race to the Top grant program. But if local districts […]
February 8, 2010
MANSFIELD — Through 2011, state school districts participating in the National School Breakfast Program are losing reimbursements because more matching funds are going to the National School Lunch Program. In fiscal year 2009, the state budgeted $2.8 million in School Breakfast Incentive Program reimbursements for participating schools. That year, breakfast matching funds were eliminated, and […]
February 8, 2010
It seems only formalities stand between Cache County schools and their first student mental health policy. After hearing a draft policy during last week’s school board meeting, Superintendent Steve Norton said he doesn’t think there is any question about whether it will be approved. “We’ve been wanting to do something like this for a long […]
February 8, 2010
The Green Bay School District will look to cut about 20 staff positions and raise $85,000 through advertising if more than $6 million in preliminary budget recommendations are approved. The district on Friday rele ased the list of suggested cuts, revenue enhancements and other measures for the 2010-11 budget. Community members can weigh in on […]
February 8, 2010
Feb. 7–There’s a lot of money to be had under the federal government’s Race to the Top program — $4.3 billion in competitive grants nationwide. Arizona is among more than 40 states vying for the federal dollars. The state’s application for phase one was turned in Jan. 11. School districts were required to sign agreements […]
February 8, 2010
The head of a group pushing for school funding reforms says if the Legislature doesn’t take action, his group will push for a ballot initiative. "I am offended at the notion that we have to go to the ballot," said Tom White, chairman of Save Our Students, Schools and State (SOS) and former head […]
February 8, 2010
Advocates for Maryland’s charter schools are gearing up for what they hope will be a watershed year for reform of the state’s charter school law, as state officials plan to seek millions in federal funding contingent upon changes in education policies. Maryland could stand to gain as much as $250 million in Race to the […]