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Archive of Education on Tuesday November 03, 2009
OK: Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry sees crisis as revenue declines
Plans to wait until legislators return to appropriate money to state agencies and programs reeling from recent 5 percent monthly budget cuts are in jeopardy if revenue collections continue to come in 20 percent or more below estimates, Gov. Brad Henry said Monday. (Also see: AZ: Gov. Brewer set to call back Legislature ) Read More
TX: Disabled students restrained, injured in public schools
Texas educators forcibly pinned down students with disabilities more than 18,000 times in the last school year, sometimes injuring them in the process. Read More
AL: Prepaid tuition holders plan caravan to Alabama Capitol for PACT meeting
An organization of people who hold PACT contracts is planning a caravan from Birmingham to Montgomery on Wednesday and a march to a meeting of the board of directors of the troubled prepaid college tuition program. Read More
AR: Lottery's Economic Impact Debated
With the state facing $100 million in budget cuts because of a revenue downturn, some legislators are wondering whether the new state lottery could be making a bad situation worse. Read More
CO: Program could match Colo.'s next generation of farmers with land, expertise
BUENA VISTA, Colo. — Seth Roberts' Weathervane Farm on the banks of Cottonwood Creek feeds dozens of families in the Upper Arkansas River Valley. Read More
HI: $600K grant to boost weight-loss program
University of Hawaii researchers have received a two-year grant of $600,000 to expand a program to help native Hawaiians and Pacific islanders achieve lasting weight loss and to reduce obesity-associated diseases. Read More
HI: 95 Hawaii schools ask for more class days
Ninety-five public schools have applied to turn teacher training days into instructional days and restore some of the class time students are losing to furloughs. Read More
HI: Federal funds considered to help fill in furlough gaps
A group of state Senate and House members plans to meet with staff members of the Lingle administration to discuss reducing the number of days public schools are closed due to budget cuts. Read More
ID: Luna to hold taco night to kick off 2010 campaign
Tom Luna plans to run again to lead Idaho's public schools and is kicking off his 2010 campaign next week with a taco night. Read More
IL: SIUC announces two finalists in chancellor search
CARBONDALE -- A field of six finalists to be the next chancellor of Southern Illinois University Carbondale has been narrowed to two women, officials announced Monday. Read More
IL: February primary ballots to be lengthy
The close of the filing period for the Feb. 2 primary on Monday left seven Republicans, four Democrats and two Green Party candidates running for governor and eight Republicans, seven Democrats and one Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate. Read More
IN: IU celebrates new $32M data center with tours
BLOOMINGTON, IND. -- Indiana University is celebrating its new $32 million data center built to protect computers from floods, power outages and even F5 tornados. Read More
KY: Kentucky colleges see increased interest from adult students
More than 200 adults have finished degrees at Kentucky's public universities through a two-year-old program that provides advising and financial help for students whose first try at college was interrupted. Read More
MI: Students take stand on education cuts
As many as 200 people led by high school students gathered at the Capitol steps Monday to protest cuts to public school funding. Read More
MI: Michigan's Rich Rodriguez helps kick off child ID drive
Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez helped kick off a drive to distribute 290,000 child ID kits to every kindergarten and first-grade student in the state this fall. Read More
MI: Granholm urges 'targeted, narrow' tax hikes to help schools
Gov. Jennifer Granholm, speaking in Saginaw Township on Monday, urged legislators to approve "targeted, narrow" tax increases on oil and gas companies, and tobacco companies, to raise money to fund Michigan's public schools. Read More
MN: Cash-strapped colleges outsource their e-mail
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- It takes manpower and money to run an e-mail system, and colleges and universities have less of both these days. So they're turning to outside providers such as Google and Microsoft to run their e-mail for free. Read More
MO: MU domestic partner benefits 'on the radar'
The lack of domestic partner benefits at the University of Missouri is costing the campus quality faculty members, some say. Read More
MO: Missouri State president's plans to leave surprise board
Missouri State University's president said Monday that he would leave his post at the end of next year. Read More
NC: Immigrant stalemate
Wake County commissioners deadlocked along party lines Monday on a resolution opposing the admission of illegal immigrants to community colleges. The resolution objected to the State Board of Community Colleges' decision, in September, to allow illegal immigrants into degree programs at out-of-state tuition rates. Read More
NE: School aid in budget cut plan
Nebraska school districts wouldn't get additional state aid to cover rising costs. Vacant state jobs would be eliminated, including 11 state trooper positions. Read More
NH: Board cuts $300,000 from budget
The Concord School Board voted to cut $300,000 from its budget in a move several members said would foster goodwill even though it shaves mere cents off the tax rate. Read More
NM: School officials weigh education cuts
New Mexico has to fill in a financial hole that's at least $450 million deep — and the education system is going to do some of the shoveling. Read More
NY: Reimbursements slow under the new GI Bill
Andy Davis had to travel 300 miles and stand in line for almost three hours to get the college money promised him under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Read More
OH: DeRolph joins state school funding advisory council
Eighteen years after he was selected as the lead plaintiff in a historic school-funding lawsuit against the state, Nathan DeRolph is now part of the panel designed to keep Ohio's new funding system on course. Read More
OR: OSU names deans for four new divisions
Oregon State University today named executive deans to lead each of four new divisions that the university has created to foster a leaner and more focused structure. Read More
PA: State breaks up marijuana ring
The Pennsylvania attorney general's office says it has broken up a $2.5 million marijuana distribution ring that moved the drug from New York to the Easton area and then resold it on Kutztown University's campus. Read More
PA: Pa. to see more stimulus money for education
While 325,000 education jobs nationwide have been reported created or saved because of the economic stimulus so far, Pennsylvania is reporting just 531 such jobs. Read More
PA: Pennsylvania lags in passing GED test
Kenny Washington found out the hard way how tough it is to find a job without a high school diploma. Read More
RI: H1N1 suspected in child's death
LINCOLN, R.I. –– A 12 year-old Lincoln Middle School student died over the weekend at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence of what the state Department of Health said were flu-like symptoms. Read More
SD: Ed board approves new program for MTI
The South Dakota Board of Education on Monday allowed Mitchell Technical Institute to offer a speech language pathology assistant program starting next fall. Read More
SD: S.D. makes algebra II and chemistry or physics mandatory for high schoolers
The new set of graduation rules also requires students to take at least one semester of physical education during high school, according to the Department of Education. Plus, students will need one semester of health anytime between sixth and 12th grade. Read More
TN: Comptroller Wilson seeks public comment on debt policy for local governments
Comptroller Justin Wilson says that except for monitoring stimulus spending across Tennessee, the biggest issue he's faced in his first year in office is trying to bring order, transparency and oversight to the way local governments pay for schools, roads and other public projects. Read More
TX: Stimulus saves or creates nearly 4,000 Texas education jobs
The federal stimulus package has helped save or create nearly 4,000 education jobs in Texas over the last few months, says a government report released Monday. Read More
TX: Lawyers say lottery won't pay defrauded winner
Texas Lottery officials Monday told a Grand Prairie man who said his million-dollar lottery ticket was stolen by a store clerk that even though the clerk didn't play fair, by state rules, the clerk is the winner. Read More
UT: Shurtleff launches campaign ... for his novel
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff already is running for the U.S. Senate. Read More
VA: Campo voted in as Regent's next president
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Carlos Campo, Regent University's vice president for academic affairs, will succeed founder Pat Robertson as the school's next president in 2010. Read More
WI: Wis. Assembly takes up birth control education
Schools that decide to teach sex education would have to instruct students on the use of birth control under a bill up for debate Tuesday in the state Assembly. Read More
WI: Wis. teachers couldn't be fired over test scores
Lawmakers must remove a ban on using test scores in evaluations for Wisconsin to compete for about $4.5 billion in Race to the Top stimulus money for education. Read More
WV: Economy sending more students to community college
West Virginia's community and technical colleges are benefiting from enrollment bumps as students seek shelter from a shaky economy. Read More
WV: Manchin addresses swine flu response
Gov. Joe Manchin discussed the state's efforts to dispense more information about the swine flu after meeting with state officials Monday morning. Read More
WY: Food drive unites 14 schools
Cats and dogs are often an early casualty when people lose their jobs or have to move. Read More |
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