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In the News on January 22, 2008
GA governor is recommending more cuts for public schools * NYC schools are likely to receive $100 million less in operating aid than expected * MD may be majority white, but its public schools no longer are * Poll says parental involvement is the biggest problem faced by D.C schools
Response to intervention—an educational framework that promises to raise achievement through “progress monitoring” of lesson plans—sparks interest. Supporters push for widespread implementation, but critics fear its implications on special education
School Funding Litigation/Policy
AZ republicans craft a spending plan that includes no new school construction and a potentially illegal plan to deny inflation funding for public schools in order to “buy some breathing room to determine if the growth pace of school-age youngsters is slowing”
GA governor is recommending more cuts in the state's funding formula for public schools
NYC schools are likely to receive $100 million less in operating aid than expected, in the budget that governor Spitzer will unveil on Tuesday
NY school plan will slow growth: “Governor Spitzer’s budget proposal will have something for everyone -- to complain about, that is”
WV Department of Education presented its 2009 budget requests to the House Education Committee on Monday, and the reaction was one of disappointment
State Roundup
AZ public schools will be required to teach four hours of English a day to students who aren't proficient in the language, but school officials are concerned about where they're going to find the money, space and teachers to support the program
Opinion – It's hard to say what's more shameful: CA’s high school drop-out rate or the fact that we don’t know the actual number
MD may be majority white, but its public schools no longer are - Schools are adapting to serve rapidly diversifying populations
Poll says parental involvement is the biggest problem faced by D.C schools – it also finds that a majority of parents support school takeovers and that views are divided along racial and socioeconomic lines
Department of Education data says MD’s student-teacher ratio has improved significantly over the past 10 years, but it still hovers in the middle of the pack when ranked against other states
ME proposal seeks healthy school breakfast for students that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch
NY will embark on an ambitious experiment to measure 2,500 teachers on how much their students improve on annual standardized tests
School report cards angry NYC parents concerned with the system, which one mother criticizes for “boiling everything that happens in an entire school to a letter grade”
WV Education Association tells governor that the 5 ½ proposed salary increase will not lift the state from its 48th ranking on teacher spending
Published Monday, Jan. 28, 2008