(AJC) — Ten-day teacher furloughs. No art or music classes. Computer purchases ditched to cover the costs of basic supplies. Some of Georgia’s independent state charter schools are facing months-long funding lags — and scaled-back ambitions — as they struggle to operate on hundreds of thousands of dollars less than they need. The cash flow […]
(AJC) — A committee of state education leaders and members of the Georgia Charter Schools Commission agreed Wednesday on a proposed funding level for cyber campuses. The group recommended that virtual schools approved by the commission should receive $5,800 a student on average, about $2,400 more than they were offered previously. The figure was proposed after a […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Two months into the school year, Chicago Board of Education officials Tuesday were already estimating next school year’s deficit at $700 million. Plus, the State of Illinois now owes the Chicago Public Schools more money than it did in August, when CPS officials scraped together enough cost savings, last-minute revenues and […]
(Washington Post) — They are men of the same generation – both 67 – and they share the last name – Gray. But until they met for the first time on a Sunday evening earlier this month, that was about all C. Boyden and Vincent C. had in common. That was when the patrician Republican […]
(Washington Post) — Today the foundation set up by billionaires Eli and Edythe Broad isgiving away $2 million to an urban school district that has pursued education reform that they like. On Friday a Florida teacher is running 50 miles to raise money so that he and his fellow teachers don’t have to spend their […]
(Crain’s) — Chicago Public Schools‘ proposal to balance its spending plan by draining a budget stabilization fund is a “risky move” that threatens daily operations, the Civic Federation warns. In its 74-page analysis, the fiscal watchdog group describes CPS’ $6.5-billion proposed budget for fiscal 2011 — which features a 5.9% spending cut for the looming school […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Chicago Public Schools officials revealed Friday that they plan to borrow up to $800 million to pay their bills — even as they pledged to give teachers a promised 4 percent pay hike, a move designed to head off a strike. CPS revealed its latest plans on how to confront its record […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Chicago Teachers Union officials vowed to file suit today, charging that plans to raise city class sizes to 35 are unsafe and violate the municipal code. “You’re looking at a very dangerous situation,” CTU President Marilyn Stewart said at a news conference Monday. “We’re asking the Board [of Education] to prove that […]
(Amsterdam News) — In an effort to get the much-needed funds for schools in the Race to the Top (RTTT) competition, lawmakers have raised the cap on the number of charter schools in the state to 460 from 200. This measure, in conjunction with a teacher evaluation system authorized earlier in the week and funding […]