January 19, 2010
Dave Trabert and the Kansas Policy Institute continue to imply that Kansas public school districts have plenty of money and can use carryover money to avoid budget cuts ("Tax increases and lawsuit not needed," Jan. 10 Opinion). Trabert did acknowledge that some carryover is necessa ry, but he did not provide information on why the […]
January 19, 2010
Families with autistic children in eastern Los Angeles County have filed a class-action lawsuit against a nonprofit agency for discontinuing therapy for the disorder, it was reported on Monday. The Eastern Los Angeles County Regional Center halted the therapy for more than 100 children, citing budget cuts in state- funded services, according to the Los […]
January 19, 2010
Getting her son the help he needs has never been easy for Mary Lou Woynar of Westbrook. She’s had to educate herself and be assertive and vocal. Woynar believes it is largely because of her efforts that her son Max, 11, is receiving extra academic support. Max, in fifth grade at Westbrook Middle School, has […]
January 19, 2010
President Barack Obama plans to ask Congress for an extra $1.35 billion to expand his signature education program, designed to prod states into revamping their school systems, even while promising a barebones 2011 federal budget. The request, which Mr. Obama intends to announce Tuesday, marks an early example of the administration moving to transform a […]
January 19, 2010
Citing a lack of information and funding, the Berkeley Unified School District has opted not to join the more than 700 California education agencies in the state’s bid to compete for a share of a $4.8 billion federal education grant as part of President Barack Obama’s "Race to the Top" program. Participating states would apply […]
January 19, 2010
New York, home of the nation’s largest school district, is on the verge of rejecting key components of the White House’s education effort amid a state fight over charter schools. The Democratic-led legislature, with heavy backing from teachers’ unions, is behind a law that critics, including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, say will curb […]
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 […]
January 18, 2010
On Tuesday, New Jersey will submit its application for the U.S. Department of Education’s "Race to the Top" competition. The prize is a huge infusion of federal dollars to fund innovative, transformational changes in how we prepare children for success in college and the workplace. The competition among states for this money will be very […]
January 18, 2010
Iowa’s K-12 public school districts will have to wait a year before they know how much state foundation aid funding they can expe ct for their fiscal 2012 budgets. The Senate voted 46-0 Thursday to delay for one year a statutory requirement to establish the percentage “allowable growth” increase for K-12 schools and accompanying educational […]