January 11, 2010
With the recent announcement that Kansas is delaying $200 million in aid payments to public schools, many Kansas school districts are once again violating cash management laws to pay their own bills. "It scares me to death," said Mike Mathes, Seaman Unified School District 345 superintendent. "We just barely get by. I just hope this […]
January 11, 2010
While Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger pledged to maintain education spending in California as part of this week’s State of the State add ress, many educators say a closer look at the latest budget proposal shows otherwise. Education administrators and lobbyists say they found additional cuts totaling $2.4 billion. Kevin Gordon, a lobbyist with School Innovations and […]
January 11, 2010
The Vigo County School Board on Monday will discuss whether the district should sign a Race to the Top partnership agreement with the state that could, potentially, make it eligible for competitive, federal stimulus funding. However, the agreement, due to the state on Tuesday, comes with some controversial terms. “There are components that cause concern […]
January 11, 2010
The Legislature has nine days to enact historic school reforms to qualify for up to $700 million in education funding under President Obama’s Race to the Top program. New York must meet the deadline with legislation that aces federal eligibility standards. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Senate Democratic chief John Sampson and Senate Republican Minority leader […]
January 11, 2010
Schools for Fair Funding again is trying to obtain more funding for various districts throughout the state of Kansas. "Although other districts are involved in pursuing this litigation, Ark City schools are not," USD 470 Superintendent of Schools Ron Ballard said on Thursday. USD 470 was aligned with the original group that filed the litigation […]
January 11, 2010
At least three Solano County school districts want to join a federal education reform effort, though none so far have the support of their teachers unions. Friday was the deadline to submit an agreement to the state to participate in the federal Race to the Top funding program. Officials from the Benicia, Vallejo and Vacaville […]
January 11, 2010
States hoping for a portion of the $4.35 billion in Race to the Top stimulus for education know they must be bold, which is why Gov. Phil Bredesen doesn’t flinch when he says 51 percent of a teacher’s evaluation should be based on student test scores. The state legislature will decide in a special session […]
January 11, 2010
In recent months, there has been a lot of hot air blowing around the op-ed pages about the horrible state of the educational system in California. These opinions have been written by people who haven’t taken the time to read the other articles in the paper, do the research or frankly, do the simple math. […]
January 11, 2010
Many northern Louisiana school districts will be down to the wire deciding whether to participate in the $4.35 billion Race to the Top federal grant program. The Louisiana DOE is asking local school districts to partner with the state to reform the state’s education system, but districts only have until midnight Monday to sign a […]
January 11, 2010
Nevada’s school administrators met Friday and Saturday in Las Vegas, and the center of discussions was Gov. Jim Gibbons’ proposed cuts to public school budgets. Carson School District Superintendent Richard Stokes said his prime concerns for the capital are the elimination o f funding that supports class size reduction in first, second and third grades […]