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Archive of Education on Monday June 29, 2009
KY: Ky. schools' healthy example could shape a national policy
As Congress moves to reauthorize childhood nutrition programs this summer, it is again taking up the issue of whether sugary sodas, chips and candy should be allowed in schools. Read More
PA: No stimulus money for Pitt and Penn State
In a further sign that Gov. Ed Rendell no longer views them as truly public campuses, the four state-related universities have been removed from the state's application for federal stimulus money to aid public higher education. Read More
Tracking the recession: Budget deadline looms
Unlike the federal government, states have to balance their budgets. But several states still have not completed spending plans for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Read More
AL: Alabama Board of Education considers changes to state's testing plan
A proposal to completely overhaul the state's testing plan - including doing away with the Alabama High School Graduation Exam and instead requiring all 11th-graders to take the ACT - was met with support from Alabama Board of Education members Thursday. Read More
CA: Fiscal crisis puts Prop. 13 up for discussion
About this time every year, as the Legislature and governor wrestle over how to pass the state budget, somewhere, somebody blames Sacramento's stalemate - and the state of the California's mediocre schools and crumbling roads - on Proposition 13. Read More
CA: Two-year colleges' fees likely to rise 30%
Nearly 3 million California community college students are expected to face a 30 percent, $6-per-unit fee increase this fall regardless of how lawmakers ultimately decide to balance the state budget. Read More
CA: Burning Moms use humor to push for education changes in California
They think of themselves as street-theater activists who are willing to get in the face of the powers-that-be to bring equity to the state's school funding system. Read More
FL: New state laws take effect July 1
On July 1, a yearly ritual takes place in Florida: a crop of new laws passed by legislators and signed by the governor takes effect. Read More
FL: The special investigator hired by the Florida House of Representatives...
The special investigator hired by the Florida House of Representatives to investigate Rep. Ray Sansom's dealings with a Panhandle college has concluded that there is probable cause that the former speaker of the House violated House rules and could be sanctioned. Read More
FL: Florida House panel to review Sansom case
State Rep. Ray Sansom, already indicted by a grand jury, now faces disciplinary action from his colleagues after an investigator Friday found probable cause that he damaged ''faith and confidence'' in the Florida House. Read More
GA: Perdue's stimulus plan slow to help sagging economy
Gov. Sonny Perdue promised in January that his state stimulus package would create 20,000 construction jobs, but what he didn't say was that most of those won't come on line until well into 2010. Read More
HI: School contracts under scrutiny
The state attorney general's criminal division is investigating procurement practices at the state Department of Education. Read More
ID: New Idaho laws, budgets take effect Wednesday
Idaho agencies used options to save as many jobs as possible as they cut personnel costs by 5 percent, but some employees still may have to take unpaid time off. Read More
KS: Analysis -- Stimulus taking shape
Sitting around a conference table, members of the governor's Cabinet pondered the impact of nearly $2 billion in federal stimulus money flowing into Kansas. Funding for schools, highways and the unemployed is aimed at helping maintain education quality, create construction jobs and help residents who were recently laid off. Read More
KS: Audit rocking Kansas higher ed
It was one of the strangest situations in Kansas politics in recent years, and that's saying something. Read More
MD: Stimulus not solving school fiscal woes
School officials are looking warily into the fiscal future because temporary federal stimulus funding is only preventing budget cuts, not building programs or supporting employees. Read More
MS: Miss. lawmakers engage in last-minute budget blitz
Mississippi lawmakers are playing a frantic game of beat the clock as they try to pass a nearly $6 billion state budget before the new fiscal year begins Wednesday. Read More
NC: Hard times, tough luck for Perdue
Nearly six months after taking office, Gov. Beverly Perdue's political honeymoon is over. Read More
NC: Will N.C. be denied funds over charters?
A federal stimulus program called "Race to the Top" could mean hundreds of millions of dollars for North Carolina's cash-strapped public schools. Read More
NV: At UNLV, change at top would have costs
David Ashley could lose his job July 10 after only three years when the regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education meet to evaluate his performance as president of UNLV. Read More
NY: Pols keep squabbling as clock ticks down on mayoral control
The mayor, the governor, two borough presidents and union leaders all warned yesterday that "chaos" is coming to the public schools if the deadlocked state Senate doesn't extend mayoral control of city schools. Read More
OH: Budget cuts threaten Ohio libraries
The future of Ohio's public libraries is at stake in a House-Senate conference committee meeting Sunday, librarians say. Read More
OR: Oregon higher education budget headed to governor
The budget funding for Oregon's public colleges and universities cleared its final legislative hurdle today. Next stop: The governor's desk. Read More
OR: Oregon Senate OKs restriction on online schools
The Oregon Senate has narrowly approved a one-year moratorium to keep statewide online public schools from starting or growing while a task force writes rules to govern them. Read More
SD: Higher ed chief exits with pride
If Tad Perry had finished his bachelor's degree in three years instead of taking a trip to Europe in 1965, he might have taken a different path in life. Had he finished those last four credits, he probably would have taught and coached or perhaps gone to law school. Read More
TN: State cuts hurt growing colleges
Colleges and universities in the state knew they would take a hit in state funding amid plummeting revenues and an economic recession. Read More
TX: How will Texas compete in Race to the Top?
Texas appeared to have a head start on its competitors when the Obama administration announced it would offer select states huge grants to encourage cutting-edge reforms in education. But recent signals from Washington could indicate the competition might be stiffer than Texas officials thought. Read More
TX: Session will hit some where it hurts
Folks who watch their pennies when choosing smokeless tobacco, callers who like prepaid wireless plans and lobbyists and others who've found Capitol-area parking fines a bargain: Texas lawmakers left a bill for you the last time they left town. Read More
TX: Schieffer says he has vision to be Texas governor
FORT WORTH, Texas — He's the former Texas Rangers baseball team president who later was appointed as a U.S. ambassador. Now Tom Schieffer is traveling across the state, introducing himself to Texans as a Democratic candidate for governor. Read More
VA: Charter schools face uphill climb in Virginia
The first senior class from York River Academy is too small to field a baseball team, but advocates for charter schools hope their graduation this month was just the beginning. Read More
WI: Assembly passes budget; measure goes to Doyle
The Legislature on Friday sent Gov. Jim Doyle a budget that closes the biggest deficit in state history with tax increases, federal stimulus cash, aid cuts for schools and local governments, and furloughs of workers. Read More
WV: West Virginia lags most states in math, but tops most countries
West Virginia and U.S. students outperform most of their peers around the world in mathematics, but their scores still trail several Asian countries, Russia and England. Read More
WY: State charter school laws get 'D' on '09 report card
An organization that studies charter school laws says Wyoming's is one of weakest in the nation. Read More
New section follows stimulus spending
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Three sticking points could stunt stimulus education reform
President Obama is asking states to make education reforms in exchange for almost $40 billion in stimulus funds for schools. But his aspirations may be on a collision course with competing realities, such as pressures to use the money to save teachers' jobs, writes Allison Armour-Garb with the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government in a commentary for Stateline.org. Read More |
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