ME: Repeal of school reform law rejected
Maine voters have rejected a move to repeal the state's school district consolidation law — and they did so in convincing fashion.
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Archive of Education on Wednesday November 04, 2009
ME: Repeal of school reform law rejected
Maine voters have rejected a move to repeal the state's school district consolidation law — and they did so in convincing fashion. Read More
TX: From college cash to beach access, 11 amendments pass
Texas voters took a modest but significant step Tuesday toward lifting more of the state's public universities into the ranks of major national research institutions by approving a constitutional amendment freeing up about $500 million from a dormant higher education account. Read More
AL: UA loses trademark case against football game painter
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- A federal judge has ruled that artist Daniel Moore did not violate trademark laws by painting scenes of some of the most famous plays in Universi?ty of Alabama football history without licensing the work through the university. Read More
AR: Report -- Stimulus funds saved or created 2,633 jobs in state
Federal stimulus funds have saved or created 2,633 jobs in Arkansas, according to a state report released today. Read More
AZ: Schools start giving swine-flu vaccines
Elementary-school students at 60 schools around the Valley this week are being immunized against H1N1 and seasonal flu at the first school-based immunization clinics. Read More
CA: Garamendi wins Tauscher's seat in special election
Democrats retained control of a left-leaning Northern California congressional district Tuesday, electing a career politician who said he will side faithfully with the Obama administration on health care, climate legislation and other hot-button policies. Read More
DE: Few students turn up for vaccines
Less than a quarter of the students at eight Delaware schools turned out to get swine flu vaccines Monday, the first day of the state's free voluntary vaccination program that came after weeks of waiting for the medicine to arrive. Read More
GA: Grant creates shared library for Georgia's colleges
Georgia Tech received $857,000 to create a digital library to be shared by colleges in the University System of Georgia. Read More
GA: Program helps students with disabilities get textbooks
It used to take colleges up to a month to get an alternative text delivered to students. But a new national partnership involving a Georgia group makes it possible for students to get the material in about three or four days. Read More
HI: Lawmakers advocate renegotiating teacher contract to restore cut days
A prominent House Democrat joined a group of minority Republicans calling for all sides to return to the bargaining table to restore public school days being cut because of state worker furloughs. Read More
HI: Groups want special session to cancel Furlough Fridays
With House Democrats set to caucus tomorrow, parent groups are peppering legislators with phone calls pushing for a special session to restore funding for education and stop Furlough Fridays at public schools. Read More
IA: Iowa school funding faces $543 million challenge
Gov. Chet Culver and legislative budget architects will face a $543 million gap in funding for K-12 public schools when they begin assembling a fiscal 2011 spending plan next session. Read More
IA: Culver switches up staff, names new spokeswoman
A spokesman for Iowa Gov. Chet Culver is heading to a new job at the state's education department and the economic development spokeswoman who had to deal with reporters' questions on the film tax credit scandal will now speak for Culver. Read More
IL: U of I trustees pick temporary president
URBANA, ILL -- Trying to regroup after an admissions scandal, trustees at the University of Illinois accepted the resignation of the school's president on Saturday and named a popular former president as his temporary replacement. Read More
IL: Quinn to tap 4 new board members for Chicago State
Gov. Pat Quinn plans today to name four new board members to Chicago State University, the troubled South Side school at risk of losing its accreditation because of poor recruitment, retention and graduation rates. Read More
IL: Illinois data on stimulus-related jobs saved, created don't add up
More than $4.7 million in federal stimulus aid so far has been funneled to schools in North Chicago, and state and federal officials say that money has saved the jobs of 473 teachers. Read More
IN: Schools chief expects vote on reforms by year's end
The state's top schools official said Tuesday he expects to have a final vote by the end of the year on his proposal to reform the way the state trains and licenses teachers. Read More
KS: State Board of Education to review budgets, studies on district consolidation
The State Board of Education is scheduled next week to hear several updates on financing Kansas' 293 school districts. Read More
KS: Statehouse Live -- More school districts consider funding lawsuit
In school board votes earlier this week, the Bonner Springs-Edwardsville, Hays and Newton school districts have said they will join a possible lawsuit against the state to increase funding for schools. Read More
KY: College-affordability panel releases report
Kentucky should budget at least $64 million more a year for need-based college financial aid and should retool the criteria for the main scholarship program that provides money for students who go to in-state colleges, a new report recommends. Read More
LA: LSU drops optional writing condition
LSU will no longer require student applicants to take the optional writing component of the standardized ACT test, university officials said Tuesday evening. Read More
LA: Day care licenses for 12 Louisiana centers revoked by state
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Twelve day care centers, including three in the New Orleans area, have lost their state operating licenses because of safety concerns, the state Department of Social Services announced Tuesday, as it wrapped up a new round of inspections. Read More
MN: Flu shots will be offered to kids in Twin Cities schools
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- In an effort not seen in decades, school and health officials plan to set up clinics in Twin Cities schools. Read More
MO: MU program listed as No. 4 nationwide
The University of Missouri's agricultural education program ranks fourth out of 82 universities offering similar degrees, according to a recent study. Read More
MS: University merger talks
Private discussions of potential university mergers continue among lawmakers as the 2010 legislative session approaches, but some leaders are hoping to quash any actual consideration of a proposal. Read More
MS: Making schools healthier -- State taking great strides
Pine Belt school officials say their districts have played a vital part in Mississippi's efforts to stop selling fatty foods and beverages in public schools. Read More
MS: Burnham to return as state superintendent
State Board of Education members said Tuesday they selected Tom Burnham to serve as superintendent of education because he has the experience to do the job. Read More
MS: Miss. arts figures picked for honor
Bluesman David "Honeyboy" Edwards, 94, a Shaw native who took Mississippi's music around the world yet still brings it home, will be recognized for lifetime achievement by the state's highest arts honor in February. Read More
MT: Hathaway aid may not go as far
The Hathaway Scholarship Fund dollars won't stretch as far as they do now if the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees approves a tuition increase, key legislators say. Read More
MT: Panel actions impact school districts
A legislative committee voted Tuesday for no increase in the cost-of-living adjustment for the state's K-12 public schools for next year. Read More
NE: Nature center hires program coordinator
ALMA, Neb. -- The Nebraska Nature & Visitor Center has hired Dan Glomski as its program coordinator. Glomski, former curator of astronomy at Hastings Museum, has more than 20 years of experience in providing science-based programming. Read More
NH: 1,000 reported as sick in Londonderry schools
LONDONDERRY, N.H. – Nearly one in five students enrolled in the Londonderry School District was listed as out sick yesterday, Superintendent Nathan Greenberg said, with many of the parents reporting their children are home with flu-like symptoms. Read More
OH: Bilingual aide named to state school board
Gov. Ted Strickland filled one of two vacancies on the Ohio Board of Education with a bilingual aide from the Fremont City Schools. Read More
OR: State suspends license from central Oregon school for troubled teens
State officials have told parents to remove their children from a central Oregon boarding school after investigators found students were subject to inappropriate sexual role-play, public humiliation and physical deprivation. Read More
PA: 5,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine destroyed by Stroudsburg school district
About 5,000 doses of swine flu vaccine were destroyed because the vaccine was stored in temperature that was too cold, the governor's office said Tuesday. Read More
PA: Tuition could increase 4 percent for State System students
A tuition increase of up to 4 percent affecting 117,000 students at the 14 state-owned universities could occur next fall under budgetary plans approved yesterday by the State System of Higher Education. Read More
PA: Universities to ask state for $483 million
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education will ask Gov. Ed Rendell to approve $483 million for the 14 state-owned universities for 2010-11, a spokesman said Tuesday. Read More
PA: Universities say table-games lag may impact tuition
Pennsylvania State, Temple, and two other state-related universities said yesterday that the delay in approving table-games legislation in Harrisburg could affect tuition rates, starting in January. Read More
TN: State schools get their grades
The annual report showed mixed results for East Tennessee schools, with some outperforming the statewide average in academic growth and others scoring lower. Read More
TX: Charter schools could expand under rule change
State Education Commissioner Robert Scott announced Tuesday that he intends to make it easier for high-performing charter schools to expand in Texas. Read More
VA: Minor issues reported at Suffolk, beach polls
HAMPTON ROADS, Va. -- Tuesday's election was free of long lines and major glitches in most places, but some voters in Suffolk and Virginia Beach encountered problems. Read More
WI: Panel backs child-care reforms, public funding of Supreme Court races
Lawmakers advanced additional reforms Tuesday to crack down on Wisconsin's publicly funded program for child care by requiring more frequent background checks of day care providers, barring workers guilty of serious crimes and creating new whistleblower protections. Read More
WI: Bill to reform state child care advances
Child care providers convicted of numerous crimes, including child abuse, would be barred from participating in Wisconsin's troubled subsidy program under a bill headed to the full Legislature. Read More
WI: Wis. lawmaker sends Duncan letter over concerns
A powerful Democratic Wisconsin state lawmaker sent U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan a letter outlining concerns he has with the Race to the Top education stimulus program. Read More
WI: Obama visits Wis. in midst of education debate
President Barack Obama's visit to Wisconsin on Wednesday comes as state lawmakers are considering a proposal to allow the mayor of Milwaukee to take over control of that city's struggling school district. Read More
WI: Wis. Assembly takes up birth control education
Wisconsin schools that decide to teach sex education would have to instruct students on the use of birth control under a bill given preliminary approval by the state Assembly on Tuesday. Read More |
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