November 20, 2009
“Teachers matter more to student achievement, more than any other factor inside our school building,” Melinda Gates said. “This is something we know absolutely for certain at this point.” The local win ners are five charter management organizations that specialize in serving low-income minority communities. They are Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools, Green Dot Public […]
November 20, 2009
As of Oct. 1, there were 1,265 students enrolled in the Redding school district, 16 fewer than projected. But while overall enrollment was lower, kindergarten enrollment was actually higher than projected. The Redding Board of Education received an updated enrollment projection report at its last meeting, completed by Dr. Peter Prowda,an enrollment expert hired by […]
November 20, 2009
Delaware officials are preparing to overhaul the way the state turns around failing schools and evaluates teachers in an effort to win a potential $75 million federal education grant. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan plans to award a portion of the $4 billion federal Race to the Top Fund early next year — and […]
November 20, 2009
As school districts throughout the country begin the process of drafting their operating budgets for the 2010-2011 School Year, they are faced with the pro spect of even more financial pressure and problems. While some of these are local in nature (e.g., declining property tax revenues; increasing number of students enrolled in charter schools; etc.), […]
November 19, 2009
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — State officials are facing a second lawsuit filed in as many weeks accusing them of shortchanging public schools in violation of a state constitutional provision requiring a "high quality" education for Florida’s children. Several parents and two advocacy groups — Citizens for Strong Schools and Fund Education Now — sued Wednesday in […]
November 17, 2009
Since 2006, more states have shown gains than declines in the performance of students with disabilities on reading and mathematics tests, according to a new report by the Center on Education Policy (CEP). The report cautions, however, that imprecise data make it difficult to obtain a clear picture of achievement for this group of students. […]
November 17, 2009
Jackson, NJ – At tonight’s Jackson Township Schools Board of Education meeting, district representatives presented a plan to increase funding and expenditures for the education of special needs children by bringing more township special needs students currently being sent to facilities outside the district back to Jackson’s schools. The presentation identified the need for more […]
November 17, 2009
Massachusetts’ Senate President Therese Murray was in Lenox this past Friday to look at Hillcrest Educational Center’s residential treatment program for at-risk youths. WAMC’s Berkshire Bureau Chief Cha rlie Deitz reports the program remains viable in spite of major reductions in state support. The Hillcrest Residential program works with students that have been pulled out […]
November 10, 2009
Representatives of education organizations who appeared at a Nov. 9 public hearing here in the nation’s capital agreed with the governing board for the National Assessment of Educational Progress that the “nation’s report card” should be as inclusive as possible of English-language learners and students with disabilities. They didn’t agree, though, with all of the […]
November 8, 2009
On Saturday, November 7th, 2009, The House of Representative passed the bill H.R. 3962, a reform on the health care industry in America. What does this mean for parents of special needs kids? The biggest pieces of this legislation is the removal of the insurance companies’ ability to deny coverage based on “pre-existing conditions” and […]