Extra School Funds Sought Posted on September 2nd
The Fenty administration wants to divert $15.2 million from several District agencies to cover a series of extra expenses in D.C. schools, including unpaid bills dating back to 2005 for textbooks and custodial supplies and nearly $9 million in private school tuition for special education students whose needs can't be met by the city. Read more Tagged as Education News Review | No Comments » | Continue
Budget woes spark school district merger talks
MONACA, Pa. -- Pennsylvania will be shedding a school district by the end of this school year _ a significant ... Continue
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Fla. college turns academics into business venture
TAMPA, Fla. -- When Travis Watkins was asked a few years ago to devise a college engineering project that would ... Continue
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Chicago school boycott set to roll
A school boycott organized by state Sen. James Meeks will proceed as planned Tuesday morning, despite opposition from Chicago Public ... Continue
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Washington Area Residents Mobilize to Help Evacuees
Yesterday afternoon, Linda Mathes of the District was hunkered down in a Covington, La., school. The power was out, the ... Continue
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Some school years go beyond state-required 180 days
By tradition, Labor Day marks the great divide between an 11-week summer vacation and the start of school ... Continue
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College Students Flee New Orleans Ahead of Storm
Dominique Ivey of Bowie was driving through Alabama when the tropical storm was upgraded to Hurricane Gustav. Read more Continue
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Math Progress
The federally funded National Assessment of Educational Progress, often called "the nation's report card," has tracked math performance for years. ... Continue
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College Admissions
More than 1.5 million graduating seniors from the Class of 2008 took the SAT. Here are scores over the years ... Continue
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Add It Up: Math Matters
Parents who walk into an elementary classroom might not recognize a mathematics lesson. Children are likely out of their seats, ... Continue
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Happy Labor Day! Eat a Homemade Pickle
Labor Day has been celebrated since 1882 in honor of the worker, the people who labor, very often with little ... Continue
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Great Teaching, Not Buildings, Make Great Schools
As happens in many urban school systems, D.C. school and D.C. Council officials have been in a tiff over the ... Continue
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Money Shifted to Backlogged Child Agency
D.C. officials have taken $6 million set aside for charter schools, interest and administrative salaries and redirected it to the ... Continue
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Online Classes Connect Students During Hurricane
Students at Loyola University may still be able to access their classes if the school is hit by hurricane Gustav. ... Continue
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Helping Kids Who Hate High School
A couple of years ago I debated Chris Peters, a thoughtful and energetic high school teacher in San Bernardino, Calif., ... Continue
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Trade watermelon for a prune?
In Bensalem, the soaring cost of food means that grilled cheese will be harder to find in the ... Continue
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Celebrating a Century of Adult Education in Embra
We're on holiday here in the U.S., so this is a quickie, but goodie, I found in my Google Alerts ... Continue
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Charles, High-Tech Seen as Ideal Pair
The new economic development director for Charles County said last week that his biggest priority will be attracting high-tech manufacturing ... Continue
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Test Scores Hold Mixed Results for Pr. William
An analysis of new college entrance and state exam scores indicates that Prince William County's schools are still struggling to ... Continue
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