Education News and Bookmarking for Mathetude community http://www.mathetude.com:80/rss/stories/upcoming.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/images/logo.png http://www.mathetude.com:80/ vi-vn Copyright (c) 2007 Mathetude.com javacola@gmail.com Wed Feb 08 10:45:45 CST 2012 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.mathetude.com:80/ The Chester Upland district’s fiscal woes – so severe that it cannot afford to pay teachers past the end of this month – are compounded by a charter school with which it shares its financing. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14568.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14568.html Mathetude nitajo 05/02/2012 Valerie Strauss -- Yet there is something sad and scary when a check from an entertainer is seen, in history’s wealthiest country, as a godsend to a school principal who herself has spent her own money trying to help her students, or to a school where teachers are working for free because of budget cuts, bad management and other factors. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14549.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14549.html Mathetude nitajo 03/02/2012 Frank Sal -- Over the past year there has been a lively debate about education funding in this country. Sadly, responses to the continuing federal government-initiated review of education funding, headed by David Gonski, have brought out the greed, envy and social climbing that was so rampant in the Middle Ages. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14508.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14508.html Mathetude nitajo 29/01/2012 Sandy Banks -- With financial woes in Sacramento and new freedom on spending earmarked funds, the district proposes a budget that has no money to help adults get high school diplomas, learn English or acquire career skills. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14492.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14492.html Mathetude nitajo 28/01/2012 With the entire city school system moving to a longer school day next year, parents and community members are questioning how the cash-strapped district plans to pay for the extended time. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14441.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14441.html Mathetude nitajo 22/01/2012 Valerie Strauss -- A tragic story is unfolding in Pennsylvania’s troubled Chester Upland School District, where a combination of drastic budget cuts, poor management, student attrition to charter schools and other factors have left the immediate future of the traditional public schools in doubt. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14415.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14415.html Mathetude nitajo 20/01/2012 Valerie Strauss -- The state government had initially refused to help, but changed its mind — perhaps out of embarrassment by the public outcry, which included candlelight vigils and national press coverage. So Gov. Tom Corbett has agreed to provide $3.2 million in funding but that will only cover about a month. Then the money runs out again. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14414.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14414.html Mathetude nitajo 20/01/2012 In his State of the State address today, Jerry Brown continues to lead education in a direction that is different from that taken by most of the nation's governors. Like few other leaders, he seems to recognize the flaws in our over-reliance on tests, and the need to shift power back to those in closest contact with our students. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14412.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14412.html Mathetude PiGuy 20/01/2012 Bruce Fuller -- Brown has proposed deregulating some two dozen state programs, including a popular effort to shrink class size in primary classrooms. The deregulation would free up about $7.1 billion in state funds that are currently earmarked for the programs to be used by districts for any educational purpose they see fit, allowing districts far more flexibility to direct funds where they are most needed. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14406.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14406.html Mathetude nitajo 20/01/2012 Education cuts in Texas mean fewer field trips, and the places those students go feel the pinch, too. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14290.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14290.html Mathetude nitajo 08/01/2012