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Archive of Education on Wednesday May 07, 2008
Soaring food costs forcing changes in your child's school menu
Here's what the soaring cost of food has meant to Broward County's school lunch menu: white bread instead of whole wheat, less-expensive fresh fruits and vegetables, and cutbacks in popular-but-pricey Jamaican meat patties and egg rolls. Read More
House opts to relax peanut ban in schools
Peanut butter sandwich lovers take heart. The lunchtime staple may soon return to Rhode Island schools. Read More
State hopes to boost school breakfast program
This fall Vermont will become the fourth state in the nation to add funding that will allow low-income students to have free breakfasts. Read More
Bill raising dropout age prepped for final vote
Staying in school until graduation or adulthood could soon be the law in Minnesota. Read More
Alaska's bent learning curve
One out of 20 children entering ninth grade in Alaska will have a college degree 10 years later, giving the state one of the worst postsecondary-education rates in the nation. Read More
Senate blocks bill on background checks
The Alabama Senate has blocked consideration of a bill that would short-circuit plans by the state's junior college chancellor to have a private company do criminal background checks on college employees. Read More
Fewer teachers leaving after first year, panel told
The number of public school teachers leaving the profession after their first year has dropped considerably in the past six years because of a more than 20 percent hike in minimum teacher salaries in 2004, officials told legislators Tuesday. Read More
Quiet philanthropist Osher donates $70 million to state's community colleges
The quiet philanthropist stood beside the movie-star governor Tuesday to celebrate the Bernard Osher Foundation's unprecedented $70 million donation to California communitcy college students. Read More
Senate GOP leader rules out tax hikes to balance budget
Saying the ailing economy is putting enough stress on taxpayers, Senate Republican leader Dave Cogdill said Tuesday that Republicans will oppose any tax hikes to bridge California's budget deficit. Cogdill suggested the deficit, which he pegged at $16 billion for the fiscal year beginning July 1, could be wiped out through service cuts and tapping into the reserves of voter-approved initiatives intended for early childhood education, mental health services and transportation. Read More
96 arrested in San Diego State drug bust
SAN DIEGO - The undercover officers started to appear at San Diego State fraternity parties about six months ago. Read More
$227 million in grants going to build California stem cell labs
California's voter-created stem cell institute is expected to award $227 million in grants today to seed a laboratory building spree at a dozen universities and research centers, including USC, UCLA and UC Irvine. Read More
Needy districts face cuts in school reading programs
The state's neediest school districts are facing cuts in critical programs that help teach children to read because of a looming $20 million falloff in funding under the state's "do-nothing" budget. Read More
Florida universities raise tuition, cap enrollment, freeze jobs
Florida's universities are raising tuition, laying off employees and limiting enrollment to make it through what has turned out to be one of the toughest budget years in recent history. Read More
UH keeps track of its hot air
The University of Hawaii at Manoa has become the first Hawaii organization to take part in a volunteer effort to track its own greenhouse gas emissions and report to an independent third party. Read More
Isle schools must absorb $7.7 million budget cut
The price of A+, lunch and bus fares could go up as education officials consider raising fees to absorb a $7.7 million cut in their $2.4 billion operating budget. Read More
Culver signs tax bill for schools
A 1-cent state sales tax will replace local-option sales taxes that every Iowa county collects for school infrastructure, under a bill signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Chet Culver. Read More
Lawmakers to introduce truancy bill
With less than a month before the end of spring session, Rockford?s lawmakers are pushing for changes in state law that Mayor Larry Morrissey says will help the city fight rampant truancy. But to succeed, Morrissey and the delegation must mount a last-minute blitz ? four months after the session started in January Read More
Suburban schools benefit from lawmakers' lapse
Suburban schools will be able to avoid stricter driver education laws because Illinois lawmakers didn't get their work done on time. Read More
Lawmakers brainstorm on construction funds
House Democrats sized up a broad menu of ways to pay for a potential multibillion-dollar statewide construction program Tuesday, coming to no conclusions but considering options that include income tax increases, gambling expansion and leasing the lottery. Read More
The $6,400 question - should KU Athletics be reimbursed?
The weeklong celebration that engulfed Lawrence after the Kansas University Jayhawks won the national basketball championship didn't come without a price. Read More
Sex offenders? retirement penalty fails
The House on Tuesday sidelined a proposed constitutional amendment that would strip retirement benefits from school employees convicted of felony sex crimes involving students. Read More
Student test scores increase statewide
LEAP and GEE scores released by the state Department of Education on Tuesday show an overall improvement statewide, but locally, the news may not be as good. Read More
Patrick aide backs teacher pay overhaul
Governor Deval Patrick's top education adviser came out in favor yesterday of changing the way public school teachers are paid - backing higher salaries for those who take posts in the most challenging schools; who teach hard-to-staff subjects such as math, science, and special education; and who work in schools with dramatically improved performance. Read More
Mass. schools feel the $$ pain
The rising price of gas for buses and food for cafeterias is forcing Bay State schools to either pass the cost on to students this fall or cut staff and programs. Read More
Mo. combat vets could get tuition break
Returning combat veterans could soon be in line for deeply discounted tuition at the Missouri's public colleges. Read More
Legislature sends governor new school "report card" plan
Parents and teachers may soon be hearing more about how Minnesota students are doing in public schools. There is still some dispute about whether a new school report card is a good idea. Read More
Bills advance local projects
The Missouri Senate approved budget items yesterday to build several facilities in Columbia, including an item that reauthorizes millions of dollars for the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center. Read More
Atkinson, Morgan will go head-to-head
Risen from the political graveyard, Richard Morgan, the ousted N.C. House co-speaker, walloped two GOP primary opponents to earn his party's nomination for state superintendent of public instruction. Read More
Agencies -- Student loans will still flow
Despite national rumblings about student loans drying up, Carolinas college students and their families should be in good shape next year, officials say. Read More
Lawmaker - Budget may be D.O.A.
In an e-mail sent to state lawmakers Tuesday, Sen. Tracy Potter, D?Bismarck, suggested urging the State Board of Higher Education to pare down its massive biennial budget request before sending it to the governor?s office. Read More
New school building panel looks forward, then back
The state panel in charge of New Jersey's $8.6 billion school construction program took a glimpse at the future yesterday -- and absorbed a series of costly blasts from its troubled past. Read More
Retired teachers' health plan pact reached
After months of haggling, the Clark County School District and the teachers union have a tentative agreement to offer health insurance to the district?s retired educators. Read More
Bomb threat tests PSU's alert system
A bomb threat Tuesday triggered the first trial of a new Portland State University emergency alert system and sent warnings to cell phones and computers of thousands of students and staff. Read More
Homeless students on rise at schools
The number of homeless students attending Columbia-area schools has increased dramatically in the last three years, according to an analysis of numbers from the State Department of Education. Statewide, there are 6,033 homeless students, an increase of about 4 percent since 2005. Read More
Tennessee legislative briefs - Scholarship bill faces Senate vote
The Republican version of a sweeping lottery scholarships proposal is on its way to a Senate floor vote. Read More
Across the board, Va. colleges are increasing tuition and fees
To the rising costs of gasoline and food, add higher education in Virginia, especially at two of its bigger and better-known universities. Read More
Gov. Kaine signs bill allowing service dogs into state schools
With two service dogs at his side, Gov. Tim Kaine yesterday ceremonially signed a bill that will require schools to allow children who need such dogs to bring the animals to school. Read More
UW's Ogg Hall left half-razed after state kills contract with demolition company
It was scheduled to be obliterated by now, but scruffy UW-Madison dormitory Ogg Hall still stands, frozen in a half-demolished state. Read More
Democrats may derail budget fix
Assembly Minority Leader Jim Kreuser said Assembly Democrats are overwhelmingly opposed to a plan to fix the state budget proffered by legislative leaders, all but guaranteeing the plan would have to be tweaked to get through the Legislature. Read More
WVU Faculty Senate calls for president to quit
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - West Virginia University's Faculty Senate demanded Monday that President Mike Garrison resign in the wake of a degree scandal involving the governor's daughter, saying the school cannot heal and rebuild its reputation as long as he is in office. Read More
College tuition rises as much as 8 percent at W.Va. schools
College students in West Virginia will be paying between 3.7 percent and 8 percent more this fall. Read More
WVU fine, Garrison says
The beleaguered president of West Virginia University said Tuesday that he can lead the school out of the scandal over an unearned degree given to the governor's daughter, and said he has "seen no empirical evidence to indicate that WVU's reputation has been ruined." Read More
Candidate's e-mail from WVU computer scrutinized in Supreme Court race
West Virginia University law professor and state Supreme Court candidate Bob Bastress says campaign-related e-mails from his university account don't amount to much. Read More
Garrison says further disciplinary measures still possible for personnel involved in Bresch matter
West Virginia University President Mike Garrison said he hasn't closed the door on further disciplinary actions for those involved in awarding a bogus degree to Heather Bresch, the daughter of Gov. Joe Manchin and a longtime friend and associate of Garrison's. Read More
Teacher accused of sex with 16-year-old
MONTCALM, W.Va. - A Montcalm High School teacher accused of having a relationship with a student faces sexual abuse and abduction charges. Read More
State board to vote on charter school
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- The Wyoming Board of Education is reviewing the Cheyenne school board's rejection of a proposed charter school and expects to decide Monday whether to uphold the rejection or require another hearing. Read More
Parents turn to states for autism help
(UPDATED 4 p.m. EDT, Thursday May 1) One of the toughest problems facing autism patients, their families and policymakers is paying for treatment. Families are increasingly relying on states to help them cope with the financial, medical and educational needs. Read More
Credit crunch hits states' college loans
(Updated 11:55 a.m. EDT, April 23, 2008)
The credit crisis has led some state lending agencies to suspend their federal and private student loan programs, forcing thousands of students to search elsewhere for money to pay for college. Read More
Congress encroaching on state priorities
Far scarier than the economic downturn for states is the growing trend on the part of Congress to restrict state revenue and spending prerogatives and to replace them with congressional priorities, writes Raymond C. Scheppach, executive director of the National Governors Association, in his latest commentary for Stateline.org. He cites provisions in two bills now making their way through Congress as important examples. Read More
Governors pitch ambitious programs
Billion-dollar deficits in California, New York and Arizona haven’t stopped governors there and elsewhere from proposing big-ticket items for 2008. Stateline.org looks at proposals from governors’ 2008 "state of the state" speeches and provides an exclusive summary of all the addresses so far.
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A compact for post-secondary education
The United States is falling behind its global competitors in higher education, and states, educators and the private sector need to jointly make new commitments to strengthen public colleges and universities, asserts Raymond C. Scheppach, executive director of the National Governors Association, in his latest commentary for Stateline.org. Read More
Time to think global in testing U.S. students
In today's global economy, it’s less important how students in Iowa or Oregon compare to those in Alabama or Virginia on a national test. What matters most is how students in North Carolina or Texas compare to those in Denmark or Russia, and so on. In his latest column for Stateline.org, the executive director of the National Governors Association writes that the solution to the economic competitiveness challenge is not enacting federal standards or tests for U.S. students. The solution is for the states to work together to adopt internationally benchmarked education standards. Read More |
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