January 5, 2010
When the family budget started feeling the recession’s pinch last year, Angela Allyn and her photographer husband, Matt Dinnerstein, pulled their three kids out of Chicago-area private schools and enrolled them in Evanston, Ill., public schools. It has been a challenging transition: Maya, 16, now a high school sophomore, "doesn’t like crowds — and her […]
January 5, 2010
The state has just two weeks to finish work on a proposal that will determine whether it gets $700 million in education funding from Washington, D.C. And what Albany says about charter schools will play a big part. The Obama administration says the money will go only to states who follow their guidelines, including not […]
January 5, 2010
The following information was released by the office of the governor of Kentucky: Gov. Steve Beshear today signed his budget reduction order for Fiscal Year 2010 to fill a $108 million budget deficit, and also announced plans to return some $30 to $40 million in excess education funds to the state’s school districts to cover […]
January 5, 2010
Talk of “turning around” troubled schools has become synonymous with firing educators, but a nonprofit organization here with a successful track record takes a different approach. In 2006, Strategic Learning Initiatives signed a contr act with the Chicago public schools to help 10 schools serving grades K-8. More than 95 percent of their students were […]
January 5, 2010
In a bid to get federal stimulus funds, the school district is considering major reforms that will tie teacher pay to student progress. At its Wednesday, Jan. 6, meeting, the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District Board of Trustees may decide if it wants to participate in California’s bid for President Barack Obama’s Race to the […]
January 4, 2010
Oak Park and Hazel Park school districts are among at least four Oakland County school districts that must follow a state-approved plan to eliminate millions of dollars of deficits in their budgets. In the northern part of Oakland County, Pontiac and Avondale school districts are on the same list. That means they, too, have to […]
January 4, 2010
The number of students in Texas public schools from low-income families is increasing, according to a state report that also shows a rise in the number of minority students. The report from the Texas Education Agency said the state is experiencing an enrollment boom in public schools, growing 20 percent over a decade to 4.7 […]
January 4, 2010
The biggest issue Colorado lawmakers will wrestle with as soon as the 2010 session opens this month will be the state budget, and few of them are looking forward to it. Because of an expected $1 billion revenue shortfall, which comes on top of $2 billion in cuts lawmakers already made, lawmakers will consider trimming […]
January 4, 2010
In Curt Ankerburg’s Dec. 27 article, he argues that Madrone Trail Public Charter School should pay rent because it is "equivalent to a private school" and it has minimal oversight by 549c. This premise is misleading and factually incorrect. Under the Oregon Charter School legislation, a charter school is legally considered a public school by […]
January 4, 2010
Barring a drastic economic turnaround, state budgets cuts for public schools, technical colleges and universities in 2009 may pale in comparison to the end result of state cuts for 2010. November state revenues fell 16.2 percent short compared to last year’s November revenues, the state Department of Revenue reported. In early December, State Superintendent of […]