October 28, 2009
No student in a Madison public school would go without primary health care under a plan by a network of local health care providers that could be launched early next year. Though details are sketchy, cost projections are being closely guarded and logistics have yet to be worked out, a coalition of 11 agencies and […]
October 28, 2009
For the first time in Los Angeles, parents will be able to initiate major reforms at low-performing individual schools, rather than waiting for the school district to make changes, under a plan unveiled Tuesday. This new parental power has emerged as part of a school-control resolution that allows for groups inside and outside the Los […]
October 28, 2009
The Pontiac Public School District lost the latest round in a lawsuit it filed against the No Child Left Behind Act. The suit, which claimed the law, a U.S. Act of Congress for education reform, is an "unfunded mandate," ended in a deadlocked 8-8 decision and was dismissed by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of […]
October 26, 2009
The mental health and well-being of children in the Madison School District will be coming to the forefront of issues being dealt with by the district. The district has just received its largest grant ever. The Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program grant will bring almost $9 million into the district over six years. The […]
October 22, 2009
Budget fix begins to take shape as House committee approves sweeping cuts and Senate OKs taking money from other funds to help plug budget gap The primary bill aimed at addressing the state’s massive budget shortfall – legislation that includes cuts to education and Medicaid – was unveiled late Wednesday and passed the House Appropriations […]
October 21, 2009
In one of the largest studies yet, UC Davis researchers said Monday that they found no real difference in blood mercury levels of children with, and without, autism. The study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, measured blood mercury levels of 452 children, 249 of whom had autism. Those with autism had lower levels, but it […]
October 21, 2009
Transitioning in and out of school while dealing with a mental health condition presents additional challenges to students and their parents. At Tuesday’s Education Solutions Team meeting, the conversation focused on improving lines of communication regarding the mental health of students. Members of the team said more dialogue between schools and mental health service providers […]
October 20, 2009
The New Mexico state Senate has advanced a new budget scenario that would cut state government deeper than other plans that have been introduced. The proposal, Senate Bill 15, would cut state agencies by $314 million, including a 6 percent cut to public education. On Monday morning, the Senate Committee on Committees ruled the bill […]
October 20, 2009
Despite the nearly $40 billion infused into state coffers to help steady state education budgets under the federal economic-stimulus package, some states remain in dismal fiscal straits, forcing further cuts to K-12 programs. States such as Pennsylvania that recently wrapped up protracted legislative sessions were forced to make sometimes-painful adjustments to cope with declining revenues, […]
October 18, 2009
Like most 15-year-olds, Eri c Kane loves watching movies, sometimes as many as three a night. Yet they’re almost always DVDs. Seeing the latest blockbusters on the big screen in a darkened theater wasn’t always easy for the autistic teenager. "He would start making noises when he would get overwhelmed, and it bothered the people […]