The type of clothing worn in a family's home, the language spoken and other cultural markers could influence whether special-education students receive taxpayer-funded private-school tuition, under a bill passed last month by the New York state Legislature.
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7/2/2012
Idaho ranks second-worst in the nation for the amount of money it spends per pupil, the U.S. Census Bureau said.
7/2/2012
Late Saturday night Governor Tom Corbett fulfilled a promise by signing the 2012-2013 budget into law before the July 1st deadline.
7/2/2012
Like many young entrepreneurs here in Silicon Valley, Matthew Slipper knows that success does not come easy. His first start-up, an online education venture, flopped. His second, a video-sharing app for the iPhone, has sold only 20 copies.
7/2/2012
The head of Florida's Department of Education is writing parents to tell them that they shouldn't be overly concerned about the results of the state-required exam that's supposed to measure year-to-year improvements of students, teachers and public schools.
7/2/2012
Lawyers drained Linda Brice’s bank account and seized a quarter of her take-home pay, or more than $900 a month. Brice, a first-grade teacher and Coast Guard veteran, begged for mercy, saying she couldn’t afford food, gas or utilities.
7/2/2012
Local officials announced Monday that San Antonio has been recognized by the National Civic League for its “ambitious” plan to increase the number of local children who are reading at grade level by the third grade.
7/2/2012
After a few years of tremendous membership loss, the nation's largest teachers' union is reinventing itself.
7/2/2012
iPrep’s students have blown away the Florida state average with 100% of its 9th grade students passing the end of year exam in Biology and Geometry after using Penda Learning.
7/2/2012
Worth Ave. Group announced a valuable new addition to its laptop insurance product for educators and students: web-enabled laptop tracking software.
7/2/2012
Microsoft launched a version of its Office 365 cloud collaboration and communication suite that is available at no cost for K12 schools and universities.
7/2/2012
Students at Lake Minneola High School spent the year reading from shiny, new iPads instead of textbooks, something many say helped them stay engaged with schoolwork.
7/2/2012
When Philadelphia’s new schools superintendent begins his job here, he’s got his work cut out for him.
7/2/2012
The Florida Keys have a new schools superintendent. But the current one says he might not move aside by the Aug. 1 start date.
7/2/2012
The Obama administration granted waivers to five more states seeking relief from key conditions of the No Child Left Behind education law. In exchange, the states agreed to enact new standards and evaluate schools and teachers based on students’ academic progress.
State officials and critics of the 2001 federal law have long complained that it was unreasonable and unrealistic in requiring every student to demonstrate proficiency in math and English by 2014.
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