Only seven days into the new year, and the Cumberland County Board of Education is already discussing ideas for its next budget. Recently, Director of Schools Aarona VanWinkle informed the board of items that will most likely need to be ...
“I guess I’m just an old-timer and like the old schedule,” said Hamilton County Board of Education Chairman Kenny Smith, who along with board member Rhonda Thurman voted against the calendar’s approval. In 2004, the school board agreed ...
In many ways -- including a 2 percent across-the-board funding cut and increasing the class size of summer VPK -- the Florida Senate agrees with the Florida House in how to cut millions from public education as part of its budget ...
Get inside the world of Florida education with St. Petersburg Times staff writer Jeffrey S. Solochek and the rest of the Times education reporting team. We'll bring you up-to-date information about the latest education trends, ...
The Dayton Beach News-Journal reports that Randy Dye thinks teens don't respect their teachers or their education anymore. But perhaps the possibility of winning a muscle car might keep them in their seats. ...
The study from the Maryland nonprofit comes as the Texas Education Agency is working on a court-ordered plan to improve programs for limited-English students. State lawmakers also are expected to consider bills on the topic after they ...
As the St. Petersburg Times reported this morning, Education Week's annual ranking of state education quality concluded Florida was No. 10. We know that doesn't ring true to many Floridians, given what they tell us in surveys, ...
Kent joined the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in 1996. He was appointed Commissioner of Education in 2000 by the State Board of Education and served in that capacity until his death. He is only the fourth person to ...
Specifically, it would allow the state education commissioner to require districts to reduce all employee salaries (including School Board members') proportionately to ensure that the unreserved general operating fund balance remains at ...
