ASU, Harvard foot the bill for their neediest students
ASU will announce a program today that will bring free tuition to its neediest students.
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Archive of Education on Saturday March 12, 2005
ASU, Harvard foot the bill for their neediest students
ASU will announce a program today that will bring free tuition to its neediest students. [The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)] Read More
Kansas to get less Title I school funding
Missouri stands to gain $11 million in federal funding to help disadvantaged students in the next school year, but Kansas will see a decline for the second straight year. [Kansas City Star (registration)] Read More
State's school-voucher program is under way
Utah launched its first school-voucher program Thursday when Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. signed a bill that will provide up to $5,700 each for students with disabilities to attend private schools. [The Salt Lake Tribune] Read More
State's failure costs schools federal aid
Although it doesn't cost the state a penny, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services on June 30 will shut down a $67 million federally funded program that reimburses school districts for 60 percent of the cost to provide services to special-education children. [The Beacon Journal (Akron)(registration)] Read More
Legislation moves forward to create graduation exams for students
If an Oklahoma House committee succeeds in its efforts, Oklahoma students could be required to pass a test before being allowed to graduate from high school. [The Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore)] Read More
Bill's wording causes controversy
A state representative Thursday accused House Speaker Todd Hiett of writing language in his higher education capital bond issue bill that would close Langston University's Tulsa campus and jeopardize the entire university. [The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) (registration)] Read More
Poll - State House Republicans united behind GOP college bond plan
Republicans in the Oklahoma House are largely united on Gov. Brad Henry's $500 million higher education bond plan, with many saying they oppose it or are undecided and only a handful expressing support, according to an informal poll by The Associated Press. [The Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore)] Read More
Two teachers unions agree that pay is problem across state
West Virginia's two teachers unions aren't quite together on how to solve the problem Eastern Panhandle counties have preventing teachers from taking better-paying jobs in neighboring states, but they agree low salaries are a problem statewide. [Charleston Gazette (registration)] Read More
A.G. says he regrets private meetings
Atty. Gen. Phill Kline acknowledged regret Thursday about private meetings with Board of Education members, but he continued to defend them as legal and said such gatherings were common in state government. [Lawrence Journal-World] Read More
Higher education vote set amid blame game
The House will vote Monday on Speaker Todd Hiett's higher education capital bond issue, the speaker said Thursday as he and Gov. Brad Henry blamed the other for breaking off negotiations to reach a compromise. [The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) (registration)] Read More
State is looking to punish TAs, union says
State negotiators have rejected the latest overture from the Teaching Assistants Association in the longstanding effort to secure the teaching assistants a two-year contract. [The Capital Times (Madison)] Read More
Si Tanka sets closing deadline
Si Tanka University at Huron will close on or about April 1 unless federal money is released to the school soon. [Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)] Read More
State rejects TAA offer
State negotiators have rejected the latest overture from the Teaching Assistants Association in the long-standing effort to secure the teaching assistants a two-year contract. [The Capital Times (Madison)] Read More
UT raises tuition for most campuses
The University of Texas regents approved another round of tuition increases for most campuses on Thursday and made UT-Austin the first public school in Texas to institute flat-rate tuition for all undergraduates. [The Houston Chronicle (registration)] Read More
Survey - Student test scores mirror teachers' view of school leadership
Teachers' satisfaction with the leadership at their schools is closely tied with their students' success on state and national tests, particularly in high schools, according to a study released yesterday. [The Winston-Salem Journal (registration)] Read More
Legislator ousted from panel
State Sen. Tim Grendell, R-Chesterland, was booted from the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review after he raised questions Monday about Gov. Bob Taft's plan to shift $67 million in costs for special-needs children to local school districts and to charge a $5 parking fee at state parks. [The Beacon Journal (Akron)(registration)] Read More
Quick lottery vote goal of House boss
Speaker Jim Black said yesterday that he wants the N.C. House to vote within six weeks on creation of a state lottery without putting the issue to voters. [The Winston-Salem Journal (registration)] Read More
State works at fixing shortfall
The state's effort to push the cost of public education onto local property taxes and to allow entrepreneurs into the public school business turned around and bit Gov. Bob Taft and the state legislature in the wallet this week. [The Beacon Journal (Akron)(registration)] Read More
Bill would require driver's ed for 16-year-olds to drive
More schools would get driver's education programs and teens would be required to take the class or wait until they are 17 to get a driver's license under a bill passed by the Senate on Thursday. [The Macon Telegraph] Read More
Governor applies more pressure on taxes, preschool
With just over a week left in the legislative session, Gov. Bill Richardson is stepping up pressure on lawmakers to accept his tax cut and pre-kindergarten proposals. [New Mexican (Santa Fe) (registration)] Read More
Volcano chats are a blast for everyone
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park ranger Joni-Mae Makuakane-Jarrell was peppered with questions from students around the world during two live Web chat sessions yesterday. [Honolulu Advertiser] Read More
Utah children rank in middle of fitness and nutrition scale
Utah children are generally slimmer than those in other states, but they still have unhealthy foods and candy in their elementary schools, according to Child magazine. [Desert Morning News (Salt Lake City)] Read More
Labor center ban, tuition bill for immigrants move ahead
The state House of Representatives on Thursday endorsed a pair of proposals targeting undocumented immigrants in Arizona. [The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)] Read More
The SATs
For more than a year, Iolani School junior Krystal Kurokawa has been coming to school 15 minutes early on days when the school offers coaching for college entrance exams. [Honolulu Star-Bulletin] Read More
Panel gives OK to Riley spending
A key panel of lawmakers approved by a 7-4 vote Thursday an operating budget for next year that would largely follow Gov. Bob Riley's spending recommendations for state agencies but would change some funding sources. [The Birmingham News] Read More
Pawlenty proposes more school aid
With a boost from last month's rosier state economic forecast, Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced a supplemental budget proposal Thursday that raises basic school funding by $66 million over the next two years. That's on top of about $309 million in added school funding he included in his initial 2006-07 budget plan. [Minneapolis Star Tribune (registration)] Read More
House passes school cell phone bill
Cell phones are currently illegal in Alabama schools, but Rep. Oliver Robinson says a recent search of students at Birmingham's Ramsay High School showed the law is ignored. [The Birmingham News] Read More
Public to foot ConnectND bill
North Dakota public colleges and their students will pay extra to fix problems plaguing a new statewide software system, higher education officials said Thursday. [The Forum (Fargo)] Read More
CSAPs prompt a few to rebel
George Washington High School student Alex Wilson has a bone to pick with the system. The 15-year-old is opposed to the CSAP tests and is opting out of this year's testing with his mother's blessing, even though missing the test will lower his school's score. [Rocky Mountain News (Denver)] Read More
Plan to send minors to anti-smoking classes imperiled
Minors caught buying or attempting to buy tobacco products would have to attend 120 days of smoking cessation treatment -- a program similar to Alcoholics Anonymous -- under a bill by Sen. Katherine A. Klausmeier, D-Baltimore County. [Capital News Service] Read More
Public-school enrollment increases
PORTLAND, Ore. - Enrollment in Oregon's public schools increased slightly this year, one possible sign that the state's economy is rebounding. [Statesman Journal (Salem)] Read More
Regents approve higher tuition
TUCSON, Ariz. - Students will pay more to attend the state's universities next year, but the tuition increases won't be quite as steep for those at branch campuses under a plan approved Thursday by the Board of Regents. [The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)] Read More
Report cards - 50.7% students now in poverty
Public school report cards released Thursday show three in every four Alabama public school teachers are "highly qualified" to teach subjects like math, science, reading and history. [The Birmingham News] Read More
Rights initiative challenged
The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative - an effort to let voters decide whether race and gender preferences should be used in education and hiring - was launched because of a race debate and the Supreme Court's ruling in the University of Michigan's admissions case. [Detroit Free Press] Read More
Prof accused of plagiarism
University of Colorado officials investigating embattled professor Ward Churchill received documents this week purporting to show that he plagiarized another professor's work. [Rocky Mountain News (Denver)] Read More
SAT essay offers more clues for colleges
That's the day more than 300,000 high schoolers across the nation will hunker down to take a revamped SAT -- a make-or-break test for college admissions that will include an essay section for the first time. [Morning Sentinel] Read More
Capitol letter targets coach
Six Democratic lawmakers called for the resignation of University of Colorado football coach Gary Barnett on Thursday, three days after CU president Betsy Hoffman announced she was stepping down. [Denver Post] Read More
Ex-UNO chief admits violation
Former University of New Orleans Chancellor Gregory O'Brien used nearly $50,000 that was donated for the school to help pay for his daughters' wedding receptions, O'Brien admitted Thursday, acknowledging that the way he received the money violated state ethics laws. [The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)] Read More
Fix college funding, or we will
North Dakota's House Majority Leader told members of the state Board of Higher Education Thursday to fix their funding formula so it's fair to all colleges, or the Legislature will do it for them. [The Forum (Fargo)] Read More
4 out of 10 fail English and math on ISTEP
Michael Cosby walked into the guidance office at Manual High School this week with a little trepidation. "Am I in trouble?" he asked. [The Indianapolis Star] Read More
Schools waver on slots decision
State Sen. Jim Ferlo wants to postpone by seven months the deadline for school districts to decide whether to participate in a new property-tax reduction program funded by slot machine revenue. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] Read More
CSU prof's remarks investigated
Officials at Colorado State University at Pueblo expect to quickly complete an investigation into whether an anthropology professor made racially insensitive remarks, officials said Thursday. [Denver Post] Read More
1 in 3 fail state grad test
Nearly one-third of 10th-grade students statewide failed on their first attempt to meet the academic standards required to graduate. [The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne)] Read More
O'Keefe starts by focusing on finances
At about 50 percent, state government provides a bigger slice of Louisiana State University's operating budget than what is seen at state universities elsewhere, but LSU still needs a stronger financial base and will rely more on research grants and donations, Chancellor Sean O'Keefe said Thursday. [The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)] Read More
Daniels to stop at Purdue
Gov. Mitch Daniels this morning will announce his appointment as director of the Indiana Department of Homeland Security during a stop at Purdue University. [Journal and Courier (Lafayette)] Read More
Educators split over school funding bill
Funds are so tight in the Sun River Valley School District in rural Cascade County that elementary students are being taught in an adobe building built at Fort Shaw in 1860. [Billings Gazette] Read More
Jersey halts new pacts for school construction
The Codey administration yesterday suspended the awarding of new contracts under New Jersey's school construction program until the state's inspector general can review pending deals. [The Star-Ledger (Newark)] Read More
UA Southeast eyes future
The University of Alaska Southeast has added a natural science lab for faculty research and hopes to build a separate seawater lab at the Auke Lake campus. [Anchorage Daily News] Read More
Churchill buyout near
Embattled University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill has reached an agreement with the school on the dollar terms of a buyout proposal - now both sides have to decide whether they can accept the implications of making a deal, according to sources familiar with the talks. [Denver Post] Read More
Illinois cuts testing on 1 of 3 R's
For the first time in more than a decade, Illinois students no longer have to take substantive writing exams or tests measuring their knowledge of fundamental principles of U.S. government and history- the result of some of the most severe state testing cutbacks in the nation. [Chicago Tribune (registration)] Read More
AG questions immigration scholarship bill
An attorney general's opinion Thursday said that a bill proposing to give undocumented immigrants access to Arkansas scholarships and in-state tuition appears open to a legal challenge under federal law. [Arkansas News Bureau] Read More
$1.5M gift to help nursing shortage
University of Vermont officials are looking to a $1.5 million gift to help address a nursing faculty shortage in the state. [Burlington Free Press] Read More
Senators take up bill on school abductions
A bill designed to make it more difficult for kidnappers to abduct schoolchildren by requiring photo IDs for anyone picking up a child from a Florida school is headed toward a final vote in the Senate. [St. Petersburg Times] Read More
Graduation test exemption up for House vote today
Legislation that could give students who repeatedly fail the high school graduation test a chance to get a diploma is moving toward a House vote today, surprising even ardent supporters. [The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (registration)] Read More
New school finance plan revealed in House
House debate began Thursday on the great Texas tax swap of 2005 as House leaders rolled out a new triple-option business tax that would be used -- along with increases in the state sales and cigarette taxes -- to offset a $5.4 billion school property tax cut. [The Dallas Morning News (registration)] Read More
500 tell Gov. to leave schools alone
More than 500 parents, teachers and students rallied in Ventura on Thursday to protest Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed budget, accusing him of breaking a promise to keep his hands off education dollars. [Los Angeles Times (registration)] Read More
Budget troubles may foil campus growth
Students hoping to enroll at the University of Washington or Washington State University branch campuses as freshmen and sophomores may be the latest casualties of an ailing state budget. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer] Read More
State urged to spend $90m on worst schools
A coalition of business, civic, and education leaders, including urban school superintendents, called on the governor and state Legislature yesterday to declare a state of emergency and pump nearly $30 million a year into the worst schools in Massachusetts for the next three years. [The Boston Globe] Read More
Report: States getting stuck with $30 billion federal tab
The federal government will force states to pick up an extra $30 billion in expenses in fiscal 2006, mostly for education programs that Congress passed without providing enough resources to pay for them, the National Conference of State Legislatures predicted in a report released today (March 8). NCSL estimates states could face at least $300 billion in costs handed down by the federal government over the next decade. Read More
In their own words: Govs name greatest challenges
March 3 - Fixing the Medicaid mess is a top priority for America's governors, but job creation and affordable housing also emerged as concerns when Stateline.org recently questioned governors about the biggest challenges facing their states. Read More
Govs pledge ambitious high school reforms
Feb. 28 - After painting an alarming portrait of Americas failing public high schools, governors attending a national education summit pledged to form a coalition of at least 13 states to aggressively raise the academic bar in their secondary schools and better prepare students for college and the workforce. And to ignite reform quickly, six nonprofit foundations pledged $23 million in matching grants for states that take up the challenge. Read More |
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