January 21, 2010
While the Department of Special Services at the Madison Public Schools receives federal funding, that funding pays for only a portion of the federally mandated needs budgeted by the district. “One hundred percent funding (from the federal government) would have funded districts at 40 percent,” said Nancy Novak, director of special services for the grades […]
January 20, 2010
Tuesday education leaders held a news conference to highlight their concerns about the future of charter schools in North Carolina. The timing of the event was no coincidence because today the state submitted an application for more than $400M in federal funding. However, there are concerns the current laws governing charter schools in NC may […]
January 20, 2010
California sent off their application for the Race to the Top grant program to Washington D.C. on Monday and will now be eligible for about one billion dollars in funding, but Turlock will see no money out of the $4.35 billion Race to the Top federal budget. At the Jan. 5 Turlock Unified School District […]
January 20, 2010
District and Virginia officials formally made their case for more than $450 million in federal education funds Tuesday, asserting in sometimes glowing terms that their reform efforts to date make them deserving of money from President Obama’s Race to the Top initiative to overhaul public schools. As 40 states and the District met Tuesday’s deadline […]
January 20, 2010
The Orange County School District is the largest district in Central Florida, and this year is operating on a budget slashed by approximately $40 million dollars from the year before. Still, as astounding as it might sound, the district’s teachers union , has not signed-off on an application for money available through the federal Race […]
January 20, 2010
For a few minutes Tuesday, it looked like Broward School Board members could change their minds about sitting out the Race to the Top contest for millions of federal dollars. The Florida Department of Education briefly gave Broward an 11th-hour chance over the weekend to reconsider not signing on to the state’s application for the […]
January 20, 2010
Pennsylvania’s impressive record of academic gains, coupled with an innovative strategy for building on those achievements, puts the state in a strong position to land up to $400 million through the highly competitive federal "Race to the Top" program, Governor Edward G. Rendell Enhanced Coverage LinkingEdward G. Rendell -Search using: News, Most Recent 60 Days […]
January 20, 2010
When the slumping economy put an estimated $6 billion shortfall between revenue and spending in the current state budget, Florida lawmakers looking for ways to avoid slashing education found a white knight in almost $1 billion of federal economic stimulus money. Education on the Treasure Coast got more than $60 million of it, according to […]
January 19, 2010
Salinas teachers and administrators are keeping a close eye on the governor’s budget proposal.The financial blueprint, which Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released Jan. 8, would cut deep and wide across California public education. Funding for school district administration would drop by $1.2 billion, for county offices of education by $45 million, and the state’s class-size reduction […]
January 19, 2010
A "gold-standard" health clinic is about to open at Brooklyn Center High School, an operation that matches up with the best in-school centers in terms of services offered. The expectation is that it will be good for students’ health and their education. The $260,000 clinic, paid for with donations, will open Feb. 1 and offer […]