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June 26, 2007
Education News for Tuesday, June 26
State offers $665 a child for full-day K - Indiana school districts will receive $665 per student to pay for full-day kindergarten, officials were told Monday. That number is higher than the $440 per student worst-case scenario educators were told about but much lower than the best-case scenario of $2,500 per student.
Five charter schools may move to Rio Nuevo site - The future of five downtown charter schools could be decided Wednesday as builders pitch plans to the city on developing 14 acres west of Interstate 10. The schools hope their dream to share a 20,000-square-foot campus that would include a cafeteria, gymnasium and auditorium will be included in the developers' proposals, said Frank DiPietro, founder of the Downtown Charter School Alliance.
Ex-Aides Break With Bush on 'No Child' - President Bush urged lawmakers yesterday to renew No Child Left Behind, his landmark education initiative, but one of his biggest political liabilities in achieving that goal comes from an unlikely source: his former aides.
Ex-Miami-Dade teachers union head, convict dies at 81 - Pat Tornillo, a former head of Miami-Dade County's teachers union who championed education but was later sent to prison for stealing from the group, has died, his attorney said Monday. He was 81.
$116 million awarded in U.S. history grants - U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings recently announced the award of $116 million for 122 new grants to improve the quality of American history education. The grants are being awarded to school districts in 40 states, including Baltimore City, which received $995,283.
Parents tout Total Learning's successes - Tameka Mesidor was poised to enroll her son, Fritz, at New Beginnings Charter School last fall when his Head Start preschool teacher told her to consider a new program at Columbus School instead.
Charter schools rank high in survey - Wisconsin Connections Academy announced that an independent survey found more than 95 percent of parents who enrolled their children in WCA gave the program an A or B grade.
For kids, parents work the system - Some lied about addresses to get their children into better schools. Others used connections to make sure their kids ended up with the best teachers. One stayed in public housing to afford Catholic school, while another fled the city for New Jersey - and a fresh start.
FD schools discuss No Child Left Behind - Superintendent Linda Brock outlined a set of strategies Monday night for the Fort Dodge Community School District to implement in the push to improve student performance. The strategies are part of the district’s plan, developed in consultation with the Iowa Department of Education, to emerge from the list of districts “in need of assistance” as determined by the federal No Child Left Behind law.
S.C. Governor Vetoes Public School Choice Bill - Gov. Mark Sanford vetoed a bill Friday that allows parents to send their children to the public school of their choice, saying the legislation doesn't go far enough. Under the bill, parents would be able to enroll their child in a public school in any school district without paying tuition.
Special Ed Students in City Lag in Entering Mainstream - While other school systems across the state have significantly increased the number of students who attend classes in schools with mainstream students, the number of students in separate schools — spending all their time with other special education students — has been mostly stagnant in the city, according to a report released by the state’s Board of Regents.
Recovery School District Superintendent promises reform during aid bid - As part of a bid for federal aid, Recovery School District Superintendent Paul Vallas told the state's recovery board Monday that he will try to lower the New Orleans district's student-to-teacher ratio and expects to be judged harshly if test scores and attendance rates don't rise.
Officials urge another try for KIPP - As a vote looms to formally close a charter school in Edge water, Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold and schools Superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell Monday called on an Annapolis art institute and the college that has housed the 2-year-old KIPP Harbor Academy to find room for its students.
Black students gain ground - For the first time ever, the proportion of blacks enrolled in higher education in the region equaled their representation in the population of Delaware and 15 other states. But those students still face some of the most challenging roads to obtaining a degree, a new study found.
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