January 18, 2010
The Democratic bosses of the state Legislature are playing with fire – and threatening to burn both New York’s children and the taxpayers in the process. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and state Senate conference boss John Sampson appeared willing Friday to forgo any shot at up to $700 million in federal education aid out of […]
January 18, 2010
More than 100 West and Middle Tennessee educators are in Jackson for a two-day assistive technology conference sponsored by Jackson-Madison County Schools and Lambuth University. The conference continues today in the Wilder Student Union. Assistive technology is a term used in the special education field to describe the tools used to help students develop communication […]
January 18, 2010
Local school administrators and unions put on their track shoes in December to figure out whether they were interested in applying for some brand-new federal funding that might actually take care of some of those unfunded mandates plaguing schools these days. Ohio’s been offered a piece of as much as $400 million by the federal […]
January 18, 2010
Legislation inspired by an Ocean City girl who overcame severe dyslexia has been signed into law in New Jersey. The measure creates a reading disabilities task force, which would help determine the best methods for diagnosing, treating and educating special needs students. The 13-member panel will include the state commissioners of education and human resources, […]
January 18, 2010
Ulster County Comptroller Elliott Auerbach predicts the county will be on the hook to reimburse 15 school districts a total of $22 million to cover unpaid property taxes for the current school year, an increase of nearly 6 percent from last year. Unpaid Ulster County school taxes have been on the rise, according to a […]
January 18, 2010
Anyone counting on an influx of federal Race to the Top money to help offset cuts to the school district’s teaching staff and programs next year will be disappointed. Superintendent Mark Conrad said Monday that the money – should the district receive it – could not be used to replace the dozens of teaching positions […]
January 15, 2010
At the Pine Bush School District Board of Education meeting on January 12, School Superintendent Phil Steinberg, obviously unhappy, but also with an air of resignation, laid out the very difficult financial future of the district. After pulling a pretty hefty rabbit out of a very small hat last year, with the aid of federal […]
January 15, 2010
Newton Community School District is facing a declining enrollment but the district is not alone. According to figures released by the Iowa Department of Education, nearly two-thirds of Iowa’s 361 schools reported a decrease in certified enrollment. Across the state, the public school enrollment decline equaled 2,792 students or approximately 0.59 percent compared to last […]
January 15, 2010
While local school districts wouldn’t mind getting additional federal dollars, they aren’t exactly racing to be subjected to additional federal standards. Roughly two dozen educators gathered Thursday to talk about the Race to the Top federal grant program and other educational issues during a roundtable discussion hosted by U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert, a Hinsdale Republican. […]
January 15, 2010
The loss of local control over educational services was one reason Leechburg Area School District officials decided not to apply for federal school reform grants, said Superintendent Jim Budzilek. "This reform model almost seemed to be too much of a state and federal mandate," he said. Leechburg is one of five districts in the county […]