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  • Stimulus eases community college troubles
    Thu, Jul 02, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Budget
    States are digging into their federal stimulus money to help finance community colleges, where rising tuition, soaring enrollment, and budget cuts threaten to shut students out of the system, Stateline.org reports. [ Read More ]

  • Facing deficits, some states cut summer school
    Thu, Jul 02, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Budget
    Nearly every school system in Florida has eviscerated or eliminated summer school this year, and officials are reporting sweeping cuts in states from North Carolina and Delaware to California and Washington, reports the New York Times. [ Read More ]

  • Pa., Maine faced with ed-tech budget woes
    Thu, Jul 02, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Funding
    Two states are taking very different approaches when it comes to managing spending cuts and sustaining education technology budgets. In Pennsylvania, Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell has proposed cutting his signature Classrooms for the Future initiative, which provides laptops and training to the state's schools. Maine, despite economic worries of its own, is expanding its one-to-one laptop initiative to all state high schools. Key words: education technology funding, Maine school technology funding, Pennsylvania technology funding, Maine Learning Technology Initiative, Classrooms for the Future, education, technology [ Read More ]

  • For modest earners, relief repaying student loans
    Tue, Jun 30, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Funding
    Repaying a student loan could soon be a little less painful, according to the Associated Press. Starting this week, anyone with a federal student loan can apply for a program, run by the Department of Education, that caps monthly payments based on income, and forgives remaining balances after 25 years. Those choosing to work in public service could have their loans forgiven after just 10 years. [ Read More ]

  • Audits frustrate e-Rate applicants
    Tue, Jun 30, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  eRate
    Opinions about the management of the federal e-Rate program have improved over the last year, a new survey suggests. But applicants continue to be frustrated by audits, and they'd like to see more transparency in the program. Key words: e-Rate, e-Rate audit, Funds For Learning, 2009 e-Rate survey, USAC, education, technology [ Read More ]

  • A technology setback for Pennsylvania schools?
    Tue, Jun 23, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Funding
    Over the last three years, Pennsylvania's Classrooms for the Future program has provided $155 million to the state's public schools for laptops and interactive teaching tools. Now, as teachers continue to train on how to use the new technology, the money is drying up, reports the Morning Call. [ Read More ]

  • Duncan to states: Don't slash school funding
    Fri, Jun 19, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Fed , Legislation
    The Obama administration on June 18 warned states that it might withhold millions of dollars in federal stimulus funding if they use the money to plug budget holes instead of boosting aid for schools. Key words: Arne Dunan, stimulus funding, Obama administration [ Read More ]

  • Schools suffer despite stimulus funding
    Wed, Jun 17, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  State
    The nearly $100 billion for education in the federal stimulus package is helping school districts staunch the bleeding as the recession gashes their operating budgets. But though state and school district leaders from coast to coast say they're grateful for the additional money, many say it isn't nearly enough to meet their needs. Key words: stimlulus, state budgets, layoffs, education, recession [ Read More ]

 

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