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Archive of Education on Tuesday May 13, 2008
AEA gives up on several bills
Two-year college Chancellor Bradley Byrne has learned to play political defense in the year since he left the Legislature. Advertisement. He said the Alabama Education Association was pursuing four bills to thwart changes he and the State Board of Education have made at the schools, and all four bills have stalled. Read More
Some school districts to get tax windfall; 14 must repay excess
The state Department of Education will pay millions of dollars to several Northwest Arkansas school districts in the coming months to align with a 2007 school-funding law. Read More
School report cards released
Information on student test scores, teacher pay, per-student spending, dropout rates and many other subjects is contained in the newly released 2007 report cards for Arkansas schools. Read More
EdFund executives seek at least $3 million in severance
The executive staff of EdFund, the student loan guarantor the state plans to sell to a private investor, has crafted its own severance package worth more than $3 million. Read More
Immigration raids shake California schools
Raids by federal authorities on undocumented immigrants in Northern California panic parents and school officials as fears spread that students might be targeted. Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums and other big-city mayors are denouncing the raids. Read More
Ritter signs higher-ed projects bill
With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Bill Ritter on Monday paved the way for up to $200 million in construction projects for several state colleges and universities. Read More
UD adopts residence hall program
NEWARK, Del. -- The University of Delaware Faculty Senate approved a new educational program for campus residence halls Monday. Read More
State gets C+ on Nation's Report Card
Florida rated a C+ for difficulty on reading and math tests used to meet requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act last year, a study released Monday showed. Read More
UH Manoa students can get $20 for bikes today
The group Cycle Manoa is sponsoring a Bicycle Buy-Back end-of-semester event today at which it will pay $20 per used bike to UH M?noa students. Read More
DOE to Honor Students' National Achievement
Approximately 370 public secondary school students who represented their schools and Hawaii in national competitions will be honored a luncheon today. Read More
Questions raised about budget bill amendment
Questions are being raised about a last-minute amendment to a budget bill that deals with special 1-cent sales taxes that voters have approved in hundreds of Iowa cities. Read More
Immigration raid -- State agency gathered student data last month
School officials in early April were served with a 21-point subpoena from Iowa Division of Labor Services seeking the records of Postville middle and high school students and information about some school employees, the district's superintendent said. Read More
Daniels makes endorsements for AG, state school chief
Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels endorsed Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas for attorney general on Monday and Tony Bennett, superintendent of Greater Clark County Schools, for superintendent of public instruction. Read More
Indiana State board might pick new president next month
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Indiana State University officials hope to decide on the school's next president by June 21. Read More
Jon Wefald, K-State's president, to retire next year
Kansas State University President Jon Wefald, who is credited with turning around a once-declining institution, will step down next year after more than two decades leading the school. Read More
K-State leader retiring in '09
Spend much time on hold waiting to talk to Kansas State University president Jon Wefald, and this is what you will hear: the K-State marching band behind a peppy voice touting university accomplishments. Read More
State's universities assist homeland security
SOMERSET, Ky. - Several federally funded homeland-security projects at Kentucky universities are nearly ready for commercial use. Read More
Athletics officials criticize allowing guns on campus
Legislation that would allow some handguns on college campuses was delayed on Monday after more than 20 LSU athletics officials, including football coach Les Miles, signed a letter in opposition. Read More
Radio ad targets tuition grant foe
An advocacy group has ratcheted up the debate over Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposed private school tuition grant program for New Orleans public school students with a radio advertising campaign criticizing a leading opponent of the plan. Read More
UMass chief asks degree be rescinded
University of Massachusetts president Jack M. Wilson backed growing calls yesterday to rescind an honorary degree awarded to President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, who is facing international scorn and sanctions for his authoritarian regime's bloody campaign against political opponents. Read More
EMU hopes presidential pick allows it to start new chapter
Eastern Michigan University regents are poised to hire a new president, marking what they hope will be a new chapter for the Ypsilanti campus that has been dogged by scandal over the cover-up of a student's murder. Read More
As school districts look to save, athletic programs lose out
Even when it's not basketball season, Brock Tesdahl likes to shoot baskets in the gym at Crosby-Ironton High School. The sophomore was part of the Rangers team that finished second in Class 2A at the boys' state tournament in March, and he's already thinking about next season. But his junior year might be the last chance he gets to play high school basketball. Read More
Curators to legislature - Don't let student member vote
The University of Missouri Board of Curators approved a resolution this morning to oppose legislation pending in Jefferson City to give the student member of the body the right to vote on most proceedings. Read More
UM curators vote to formally oppose bill to add voting student member to board
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The University of Missouri System Board of Curators voted Monday morning in an emergency meeting to voice its opposition to Senate Bill 873, which could create a voting student curator position. Read More
Mo. House panel rejects Senate immigration bill
A House committee rejected a Senate-approved immigration bill Monday while the governor's office touted state troopers' arrest of 250 illegal immigrants since last summer. Read More
Barbour signs most bills
Gov. Haley Barbour has signed into law the final batch of bills passed by the 2008 Legislature. Read More
Gov. OKs measures on ethics, ID theft
Mississippians will find public officials' sources of income on a Web site. A training school for troubled teens will close its doors in seven weeks. A conviction for identity theft committed through a violent crime will mean more prison time. Read More
Law silent on illegals in colleges
North Carolina is free to admit illegal immigrants to public colleges and universities, federal officials said. "It is left for the school to decide whether or not to enroll" illegal immigrants, said a statement released last week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Read More
Cooper refuses to expand on admissions advice
Attorney General Roy Cooper has steadfastly refused to discuss the advisory letter his office sent out last week, which recommended barring illegal immigrants from the state's 58 community colleges. Read More
Background checks ruled as optional for North Dakota schools
North Dakota schools are allowed - but not required - to perform criminal background checks on employees, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says. Read More
LPS to get $64.5 million in state aid
The Lincoln Board of Education will start its budget discussions in earnest now that it knows exactly how much state aid is coming the district's way. Read More
Some charter schools may not get boost
Seven of the state's 12 charter schools may have been dealt a fatal blow yesterday by the Senate Finance Committee, which rejected a bill that would have extended the cash-strapped schools a $1.5 million lifeline. Without it, charter advocates said, the small schools will likely be forced to close. Read More
Corzine to review 3 finalists to head Newark schools
One candidate for Newark's next superintendent was in charge of the school system in Washington, D.C. Another heads Rhode Island's largest school district in Providence. A third hasn't led an urban school district but has worked to help improve Newark schools. Read More
Court upholds dress codes
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Clark County's school dress codes do not violate students' right to free speech after considering a case involving a junior suspended for wearing T-shirts expressing her religious faith. Read More
Pol flips over prof
The $1 million-a-year SUNY professor who flipped the bird for a photo at an office party was insulting the very taxpayers who foot his salary, an angry lawmaker charged yesterday. Read More
Picture worth a thousand words?
Pay Alain Kaloyeros the highest salary of any state employee, and officials gush about why he's worth it. Splash a picture of him flipping the bird at a photographer in the New York Post, and lawmakers tell you about his great sense of humor. Read More
Cleveland Clinic considers ending affiliation with Case Western Reserve University
Wounds still festering after two years are the reason the Cleveland Clinic might jilt Case Western Reserve University in favor of a union with Columbia University. Read More
Religious beliefs bill for state students gets a pass
Legislation that proponents say would guarantee Oklahoma students who express religious views at school get the same protections as students expressing secular views is on its way to the governor. Read More
Florida administrator chosen as chancellor of Pa. university system
The new chancellor of the 110,000-student Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, John Cavanaugh, will be moving from the presidency at the 10,400-student University of West Florida. Read More
State's higher education chief to stay
Jack R. Warner, Rhode Island's higher education commissioner, will not become chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, which announced yesterday that it has chosen a Florida university president for the post. Read More
Sen. Greg Ryburg says lawmakers shouldn't be in education testing business
State Sen. Greg Ryberg said education experts, not lawmakers, should be responsible for what kind of test South Carolina public school students take to hold schools accountable. Read More
Program aims to put laptops in hands of state's low-income children
Cheap laptop computers that are being used to bring technology to children in developing countries are now being put in the hands of low-income public school children in South Carolina. Read More
Bredesen budget cuts jobs, TennCare, pre-K
Funding for state universities will be cut $56 million and 80,000 fewer people with huge medical bills will be enrolled in TennCare. Read More
Bredesen focuses cuts on three areas
The state should cut from TennCare spending, higher education and employees' salaries to respond to its deepening economic downturn, Gov. Phil Bredesen told lawmakers Monday, saying the state must act "decisively and conservatively" to weather its financial crisis. Read More
Bredesen focuses cuts on three areas
The state should cut from TennCare spending, higher education and employees' salaries to respond to its deepening economic downturn, Gov. Phil Bredesen told lawmakers Monday, saying the state must act "decisively and conservatively" to weather its financial crisis. Read More
Texans take on big debts, taxes
A weak economy and angst over ever-rising property taxes didn't keep Texas voters from approving 66 school bond elections this past weekend. Read More
Educators want TAKS to count progress
Texas students should be measured on gains they make throughout the school year, rather than facing punitive measures if they fail to clear the hurdles set by the state's standardized test, educators and community leaders told legislators Monday. Read More
Study says foreigners in U.S. adapt quickly
Immigrants of the past quarter-century have been assimilating in the United States at a notably faster rate than did previous generations, according to a study released today. Read More
No Child Left Behind lacks bite
Critics of the federal No Child Left Behind law, including Democratic presidential candidates vowing to overhaul or end it, have often accused it of being too harsh. It punishes weak schools instead of supporting them, as Sen. Barack Obama puts it. Read More
Young workers flee midwestern states
Upper Midwestern states are in danger of losing a precious economic commodity: young people. Many are leaving for other parts of the country after finishing school. Read More
Chopper remains grounded, staff gets stress counselling
UW Hospital staff struggles to deal with the loss of their colleagues. Read More
Medical copter lacked two safety upgrades
The company that operated the medical helicopter that crashed near La Crosse is updating its fleet with the latest safety equipment but had not retrofitted that aircraft, officials said Monday. Read More
Push continues for Wisconsin Covenant
Wisconsin's Lieutenant Governor is traveling the state, urging eighth graders to sign up for the Wisconsin Covenant. The program seeks to get kids into higher education. Read More
Thousands without power, schools canceled in wake of storms
Nearly 19,000 West Virginians were still without power following weekend thunderstorms, and many students got an extra day off from school. Read More
Full faculty at WVU to assemble on Garrison
Embattled West Virginia University President Mike Garrison tomorrow will face his second vote of no confidence in as many weeks, this time from the 1,800-member faculty of the state's flagship university. Read More
WVU faculty unmoved by president's remarks
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - West Virginia University President Mike Garrison expressed anger, disappointment and regret during his first face-to-face meeting with the Faculty Senate since it demanded his resignation over a master's degree scandal involving the governor's daughter. Read More
Board backs charter school denial
The state Board of Education Monday unanimously upheld the Laramie County School District 1 board's rejection of a Cheyenne charter school application. Read More
In school sports, who makes the call?
A shot at the buzzer of a high school championship game — was it in time or not? — led the South Carolina Legislature to consider a bill to require referees to watch video replays. It was hardly the first example of armchair quarterbacking by lawmakers.
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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
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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