Five tips for eRate success
With a new eRate application season about to dawn for schools and libraries, here are five tips that can help ensure success in getting your fair share of…
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More retirements by state workers, teachers in NY
New York's large and expensive public payrolls are starting to decline, pared down by more baby boomers hitting retirement age, special retirement incentives offered last year and renewed…
Proposed tax hikes headed for defeat in Colorado
A Colorado ballot proposal to raise state income and sales taxes for the sake of public schools was headed for defeat on Tuesday, according to early election returns…
State’s lowest performing schools make millions off real estate deals
When students first entered Imagine Academy of Academic Success four years ago, their school was already entangled in a complex series of real estate deals—ones that would divert…
President Barack Obama expected to make an announcement about college affordability
In his second presidential appearance in Colorado in a month, White House officials have confirmed that President Barack Obama will discuss student loans and make an announcement about…
Why a school district rejected $2.5 million federal grant
In these troubled economic times, it would take a lot for a school district to turn down a gift of $2.5 million. But that’s just what the Oregon…
Senate rejects spending to hire more teachers
A $35 billion measure that included $30 billion for state and local governments to hire teachers and other school workers fell short of the 60 votes it needed…
School district caught banking federal food funds
A Los Angeles-area school district accused of misspending $1.5 million in federal meal money for needy students is planning to meet with state administrators this week in an…
To balance budgets, schools allow ads
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As ed-tech funding reaches Idaho schools, officials mull how to use it
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Watch: How foreclosures could have cost schools millions
The housing crisis has cost Minneapolis Public Schools $150 million in state funding as students were forced to move from the area after their families' homes were foreclosed,…
Faulty data wrongly placed school among worst in state
A Delaware middle school will no longer receive hundreds of thousands in additional funding after it was mistakenly named one of the worst schools in the state, the…
Districts share progress toward 21st-century learning
Incorporating technology to enhance student learning and creating teams of stakeholders to drive innovation in all school endeavors are two of a handful of best practices that educators…
Funding for Idaho online learning would vary widely
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New tack sought for teacher jobs, school modernization
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NYPD infiltration of colleges raises privacy fears
Investigators have been infiltrating Muslim student groups at Brooklyn College and other schools in the city, monitoring their internet activity and placing undercover agents in their ranks, police…
K-12 education funding: Most states at levels lower than pre-recession, cut spending this year
Most states have cut state funding for schools this year, and a majority of states are funding K-12 education at levels lower than before the recession, after adjusting…
School funding ‘flex’ vexes lawmakers
As Congress weighs several bills designed to overhaul the No Child Left Behind Act, lawmakers are at odds over a proposal to revamp how federal education dollars are…
Teachers to get some of Facebook’s $100 million donation
Newark teachers will get grants to develop innovative classroom programs from the $100 million donated by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to the city's school district, WestWard Patch reports.
Detroit Public Schools to cut 1,500 teachers despite lower student attrition
Detroit Public Schools plans to cut 40 percent of its current teaching staff by fall 2015. Deep staffing cuts are part of a deficit-reducing effort by Gov. Rick…
School district uses Race to the Top money for public relations
A school district that is a finalist for the soon-to-be announced $1 million 2011 Broad Prize for Urban Education is embarking on a public relations effort—funded with U.S.…
As colleges slash budgets, who’s taking the hit?
Colleges and universities are cutting budgets by the tens and hundreds of millions of dollars. But what exactly are they cutting—fat or lean?
Jobs plan would help modernize schools
Schools and teachers stand to benefit from an ambitious, $450 billion plan to boost jobs and put cash in the pockets of dispirited Americans, as President Obama responded…
Millions of special ed dollars went to swordfish, booze; state auditor calls for collaborative reform
Massachusetts' state auditor is calling for sweeping reform of oversight and financial accountability for the state's 30 special education agencies after her office found that several of the…
4 of 7 public school board members spent beyond budgets
An Education News Colorado analysis of spending by Denver school board members shows that four of the seven blew their annual $5,000 budgets for the fiscal year ending…
Universal Service reform: What it means for schools
Changes to the government's Universal Service programs will result in new broadband options for schools—but they'll also create new compliance challenges as the web of federal programs supporting…
New York spikes education software deal with Wireless Generation
New York’s comptroller has spiked a $27 million contract with an education software firm owned by Rupert Murdoch because of the media mogul’s phone hacking scandal in Great…
FCC ruling brings e-Rate funding to more applicants
Several hundred more e-Rate applicants will get funding for the wiring, routers, switches, servers, and other equipment needed to bring high-speed internet access into classrooms, thanks to a…
CPS: Property tax hike approved to offset new costs
According to the Huffington Post, the Chicago Board of Education unanimously approved a budget late Wednesday afternoon that includes a property tax hike for homeowners, ABC7 News reports.
15 ways more funding could change education
If money were no object, what would your "dream school" look like—and what it would offer students and teachers? Perhaps surprisingly, many readers responded with practical, common-sense ideas—which…
Recycling program helps schools snag new technology
At a time when many school districts are forced to cut technology spending, some schools are able to purchase laptops, digital cameras, and other classroom technology through a…
Do we spend too much on education?
Americans are spending more and more on education, but the resulting credentials—a high-school diploma and college degrees—seem to be losing value in the labor market, reports the New…
ADHD, bipolar children at risk for losing benefits
After Hulston Poe started taking the appropriate ADHD medication, his mother said she was able to "see a light" in her son's eyes again, reports the Huffington Post.…
Districts eliminate Friday classes to save money
When the nearly 300 students of the Irene-Wakonda School District returned to school this week, they found a lot of old friends, teachers and familiar routines awaiting them.…
The Koch brothers and the battle over integration in Wake County’s schools
The stakes in the battle over the Wake County Public School System in North Carolina couldn’t be higher, the Huffington Post.
Report: Federal action needed to expand digital learning
As schools increasingly embrace digital learning, a new report says more federal action is needed to encourage the effective use of educational technology.
Judge weighs request to block Ind. voucher program
Students who have signed up for Indiana's broad new school voucher program could be jerked out of private schools mid-semester or forced to scramble to re-enroll in public…
Hundreds who got aid at Chicago State should not have been enrolled
Hundreds of Chicago State University students received state financial aid even though their grades were so low that they shouldn’t have been allowed to enroll at the university,…
United Arab Emirates gives Joplin relief up to $1M
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday pledged to give up to $1 million to help equip high school students in the tornado-ravaged city of Joplin with laptop computers…
House to end page program after nearly 200 years
After nearly 200 years, the House page program that allowed high school students to serve as messengers and learn about Congress is ending, rendered obsolete by the internet…