NORA OLABI | MARCH 16, 2018 | 3:32PM Earlier this year, Denver Public Schools announced it was cutting about $5 million from its budget, or about fifty central administration jobs, to provide schools with more funding in the 2018-2019 school year. About 86 percent of those cuts will directly or partially affect district-level special-education services by eliminating central office jobs, vacancies and…
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Minneapolis parents and students protest school budget cuts
Prospect of cutting 300 to 400 jobs has raised alarm among teachers and parents, who pleaded with school board members. By Faiza Mahamud Star Tribune APRIL 10, 2018 More than 100 parents, students and school employees pleaded with the Minneapolis school board Tuesday night to preserve jobs and funding in the face of a massive deficit. Students…
Oklahoma teacher walkout ends!
By Dakin Andone, Marlena Baldacci, Tristan Smith and Amanda Jackson, Updated 9:55 AM ET, Fri April 13, 2018 The Oklahoma teacher walkout has ended after nine days, the state’s largest teachers union said, but teachers across the state pledged to continue fighting for more school funding and higher pay. “We have created a movement, and there’s no…
Alabama education department cuts positions, pay in reorganization
By Trisha Powell Crain Thirty-nine positions were cut from the Alabama Department of Education in the reorganization of that agency, and some employees took “substantial” cuts in salaries, according to information Interim State Superintendent Ed Richardson shared with the Alabama Board of Education at Thursday’s work session. The agency came under fire last year after concerns over…
School board approves a new formula for funding high-need schools (LA Schools)
By SONALI KOHLI APR 10, 2018 | 9:15 PM L.A. schools will soon get more money if they are located in neighborhoods with such problems as high levels of gun violence and asthma. The Los Angeles Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt a new formula to determine how to dole out some funding…
Kentucky governor signs controversial pension bill as teachers call for rally
(CNN)Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin signed a controversial pension reform bill that is firmly opposed by a teachers’ group, which has called for a “day of action” later this week. The Kentucky Education Association urged its members to come to the state Capitol on Friday, in response to key decisions by the governor. It had called…
Trump Underscores Commitment to HBCUs Despite Signaling Potential Funding Cuts
By Lauren Camera, Education Reporter May 8, 2017, at 12:38 p.m. JUST DAYS BEFORE THE secretary of education is set to deliver a controversial commencement address at one of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities, the Trump administration is defending its support of the HBCU community after signaling it may eliminate construction funding for the schools due…
A Punishing Decade for School Funding
NOVEMBER 29, 2017 BY MICHAEL LEACHMAN KATHLEEN MASTERSON ERIC F IGUEROA Public investment in K-12 schools — crucial for communities to thrive and the U.S. economy to offer broad opportunity — has declined dramatically in a number of states over the last decade. Worse, some of the deepest-cutting states have also cut income tax rates, weakening their…
Trump Seeks to Cut Education Budget by 5 Percent, Expand School Choice Push
By Andrew Ujifusa on February 12, 2018 1:05 PM President Donald Trump is seeking a roughly 5 percent cut to the U.S. Department of Education’s budget for fiscal 2019 in a proposal that also mirrors his spending plan from last year by seeking to eliminate a major teacher-focused grant and to expand school choice. Trump’s proposed budget, released…
DeVos seeks cuts from Education Department to support school choice
By Valerie Strauss, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel and Moriah Balingit February 13 More than $1 billion would be spent on private school vouchers and other school choice plans under the budget proposal released Monday by President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. The proposal also calls for slashing the Education Department’s budget and devoting more resources to career training, at the expense…
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