January 18, 2010
Although education leaders have bemoaned what they call cuts in the governor’s K-12 education budget, state officials insist it continues funding at current levels. School district administrators say the budget proposal would deny them revenue they’ve been expecting, essentially amounting to a $1.5 billion cut. A spokesman for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week characterized the […]
January 18, 2010
Catskill Central School District is hoping to participate in a competitive federal funding program called Race To The Top, or RTTT, with Board of Education members approving a Memorandum of Understanding on the matter at Wednesday’s meeting. CSD Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kathleen Farrell told board members the plan requires “certain corresponding” activities by the […]
January 18, 2010
As the deadline approaches for Colorado to join the race for $4 billion in federal dollars toward education, Poudre School District has joined about 74 districts from the state in getting behind Colorado’s application for the federal Race to the Top program. The school board voted 5-2 Tuesday to participate in the program. If selected, […]
January 18, 2010
The New Jersey School Boards Association has canceled its annual three-day conference in Atlantic City in October, which is an estimated $7 million hit to the city’s struggling economy, acco rding to Jeffrey Vasser, president of the Atlantic City Convention and Visitors Authority. School Boards Association spokesman Frank Belluscio confirmed Friday that the group has […]
January 18, 2010
I’m a finance guy, so I’ll get right to the point. I want to talk about a dirty word, or at least a word that conjures up negative images in many people’s minds. "Administration." There, I said it. That one word which evokes a vision of bureaucrats squandering hard earned taxpayer money as we speak. […]
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 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 […]
January 15, 2010
The amount of red ink that Pleasanton is facing for next year’s school budget more than doubled in two days, to $6.9 million, after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gave his budget me ssage Jan. 8. The school administration early last week sent the board a list of recommended cuts based on an estimate then of […]
January 15, 2010
As the deadline nears for Pennsylvania to bid for a $400 million piece of a f ederal competitive education grant, school boards — all wanting a piece of the pie — faced their own deadline Wednesday. School boards had to sign agreements with the state, promising to fulfill a number of reforms that some critics […]