In declaring Colorado's school finance system "significantly underfunded," Denver District Judge Sheila Rappaport rejected virtually every argument presented by the state's star witnesses in a five-week trial this year over school funding levels.
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12/11/2011
Three months into a federal grant program designed to improve some of the country’s lowest-performing schools, New York City’s Education Department has instead moved to close two troubled high schools and replace them with new schools.
12/11/2011
Amid the droves of protesters greeting state lawmakers at the start of the special session were hundreds of teachers toting signs decrying cuts in state funding for public schools.
12/8/2011
Passing the FCAT is about to get harder.
12/8/2011
The Seattle School Board that met for the first time Wednesday may not look much different from the previous one, but it's likely to pursue an agenda that could significantly change how the city's schools are run.
12/8/2011
West Hartford already has many of the components in place to align the district’s technology goals with the District Development and Performance Plan for Continuous Improvement, however, there are key elements that need to be implemented to fully ready the schools – and the West Hartford community – for 21st Century learning, according to the "Technology Blueprint" presented Tuesday night to the Board of Education.
12/8/2011
A Silicon Valley education start-up is getting a big vote of confidence from two venture capitalists who have veritable PhDs in social networking.
12/8/2011
Santee (Calif.) School District will soon offer a new grade level. Board members approved a transitional kindergarten program, which will launch next school year.
12/8/2011
In the struggle against widespread obesity that begins in early childhood, new research indicates that schools may be the best place to start a solution.
12/8/2011
The school district this week launched a pilot program giving 53 students at Sherwood Middle School new iPad tablets for learning in the classroom and at home.
12/8/2011
The Detroit Public Schools performance on a national academic test inched up this year, but the district continues to rank worst among large cities in reading and math, results released Wednesday show.
12/8/2011
Over 500 new public charter schools opened their doors in the 2011-12 school year, an estimated increase of 200,000 students.
12/8/2011
Large urban school districts have made steady progress on national elementary school math and reading exams over the past nine years but continue to score far below national averages, according to federal data.
12/7/2011
A report released Wednesday by the Southern Regional Education Board urges West Virginia and other southern states to make immediate changes to improve student achievement in grades six through eight.
12/7/2011
The state of Montana is not going to seek a waiver from parts of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
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