http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203576771;27321350;a?http://gem.compaq.com/gemstore/sites/k12/q32133print/index.asp?jumpid=ex_r3962_link/kimps/smb/3Q08PS/K12/DistrictAdministrationDistrict Administration Education News Identification Service.(c) 2006, Professional Media Group, All rights reserved.10Lawrence School Superintendent Wilfredo Laboy pleaded not guilty at his Salem Superior Court arraignment on embezzlement charges.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544343/12/2010 12:00:00 AMThe state Senate approved a bill that bans the sale of junk food and sugary drinks in school vending machines and school stores.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544333/12/2010 12:00:00 AMA Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend said she got unfriendly looks from classmates when she reluctantly returned to campus. http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544323/12/2010 12:00:00 AMThe Board of Education in Alameda, Calif., undertook the grim task of approving notifications to dozens of teachers that they could be laid off at the end of the school year.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544313/12/2010 12:00:00 AMNew Jersey's standards for math and English education will aim to give students a deeper understanding of key concepts, if the state adopts proposed national requirements, officials said.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544303/12/2010 12:00:00 AMA coalition of education leaders and foundations will unveil a sweeping academic reform agenda that targets failing schools, calls for 70 new programs and launches a national effort to recruit principals.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544293/12/2010 12:00:00 AMUncorking a risky election-year gambit, Gov. Quinn proposed a 33 percent increase in the state income tax to avoid "sacrificing the future of a generation of children."http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544283/12/2010 12:00:00 AMState Board of Education members resumed their volatile debate over social studies standards as the panel neared its first vote on what Texas students will be taught in history, government over the next decade.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544273/12/2010 12:00:00 AMThe state Board of Education officially signed off on its list of lowest achieving schools, putting dozens of schools throughout the state in line for severe sanctions.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544263/12/2010 12:00:00 AMThe Kansas City Board of Education voted to close almost half of the city’s public schools, accepting a sweeping and contentious plan to shrink the system in the face of dwindling enrollment, budget cuts and a $50 million deficit.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544253/12/2010 12:00:00 AMThe Massachusetts Senate approved a bill to crack down on bullying in schools, which organizers say is a growing problem that is being exacerbated by communication over the Internet.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544243/12/2010 12:00:00 AMThe Texas State BOE was set to get down to work Wednesday afternoon on the social studies curriculum standards that determine what more than 4.7 million Texas schoolchildren learn and what's included in textbooks.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544233/11/2010 12:00:00 AMOne of the world’s foremost experts on comparing national school systems told lawmakers that many other countries were surpassing the United States in educational attainment.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544223/11/2010 12:00:00 AMOne education personnel bill Flor. Sen. John Thrasher filed last week has spurred passion from its opposition and will see its first committee later today.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544213/11/2010 12:00:00 AMPasadena Unified School District board voted 6-1 to layoff more than 160 staff members Tuesday night in a move designed to save the district nearly $20 million.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544203/11/2010 12:00:00 AMIs the wholesale firing of teachers and administrators at an underperforming Rhode Island high school just the kind of get-tough intervention students need? Or is it an unproven, risky disaster waiting to happen?http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544193/11/2010 12:00:00 AMThe Massachusetts Senate is set to debate a bill today designed to ban the sale of salty and sugary snacks and high-calorie sodas in public schools as the state looks to battle a rising tide of childhood obesity.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544183/11/2010 12:00:00 AMIllinois Gov. Pat Quinn called for a 33 percent increase in the state income tax rate to raise money for education and ease deep cuts he's proposed in his new budget plan.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544173/11/2010 12:00:00 AMVirginia's Democrat-led Senate backed Gov. Bob McDonnell's education package, granting charter schools, online programs and university-run "lab" schools a greater role in K-12 education.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544163/11/2010 12:00:00 AMThe focus of the Education Department probe will be the district's services for students learning English.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544153/11/2010 12:00:00 AMA panel of educators proposed a uniform set of academic standards, laying out their vision for what all the nation’s public school children should learn in math and English, from kindergarten to high school graduation. http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544143/11/2010 12:00:00 AMThe Harlem School District in Illinois will cut about 120 jobs as part of an attempt to control spending and overhaul special education programs.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544133/10/2010 12:00:00 AMThe Democratic-controlled Senate approved Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell’s three education reform initiatives.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544123/10/2010 12:00:00 AMKathy Taft, 62, was hospitalized after she was brutally attacked at a home in Raleigh and later died, according to Raleigh Police.http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544113/10/2010 12:00:00 AMA report shows a plan to cut sugary drinks has cut total calories from drinks in schools by 88 percent since the first half of the 2004-05 school year. http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=544103/10/2010 12:00:00 AM