A Boston Globe article today on William Fitzsimmons, Harvard University's admissions dean, credits him with encouraging the university to be much more ambitious about recruiting and enrolling students who didn't grow up with much money or the expectation of going to a place like Harvard. The article notes that [...]
Los Angeles Unified profits by keeping kids in English Learner status long after they’ve met state and local standards for fluency, argues Lance Izumi of the Pacific Research Institute in the LA Daily News. The district gets more money and higher test scores.
A Bureau of State Audits report found [...]
Joblessness adds to burden on D.C. area schools Washington Post
As the lunchroom poverty barometer rises, schools are solidifying their role as centers for social services.
To Pay for Longer School Days, Some Parents Try Raising Money NYT
Parents of students [...]
Interesting ConnCan paper on ed finance in Connecticut, implications and ideas that resonate beyond that state.
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With $9 million in grants to 7 states and focus on recipients' common tactics for more productive use of money, Lumina Foundation aims to drive progress toward college completion goal.
Ed Money Watch will be taking the week off in honor of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and gathering friends and family around the table to enjoy them. Check back for new posts on December 1st. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Ed Money Watch will be taking the week off in honor of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and gathering friends and family around the table to enjoy them. Check back for new posts on December 1st. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Education">White House Plans Education Campaign NYT
The
plan will enlist companies and nonprofits, including “Sesame Street,”
to spend money and time to encourage students to pursue science,
technology, engineering and math.
D.C. Schools Chief Targets Tenure WSJ
Mr. Duncan said he wants to see the" [...]
Two overdue library books have been returned to Camelback High in Phoenix 51 years late. An anonymous former student mailed the two books with a money order for $1,000 and a note.
. . . the sender wrote that the money should cover delinquency fees and a little extra in [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
Alabama Considers Charter Schools in [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
Alabama Considers Charter Schools in [...]
Time is money. To save money on salaries, Hawaiii announced “furlough Fridays” to cut the school year to 163 days. (Gov. Linda Lingle has proposed using teacher planning days to restore the missing days in 2010.) Los Angeles hopes to save save $60 million by closing school for [...]
Public and land-grant universities look to the president for aid (and more money) in achieving his goal of growing the ranks of college graduates.
[...]The Pinellas school district wants the 2010 Legislature to restore per-pupil funding to May 2007 levels, according to a draft legislative program the School Board will discuss at Tuesday's workshop. Per-pupil funding for Pinellas was at $7,396 back then. It's at $6,908 now.
The district also wants lawmakers to provide more money [...]
Teachers are selling lesson plans online, reports the New York Times.
While some of this extra money is going to buy books and classroom supplies in a time of tight budgets, the new teacher-entrepreneurs are also spending it on dinners out, mortgage payments, credit card bills, vacation travel and even [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
New Mexico Lawmaker Proposes Budget [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
New Mexico Lawmaker Proposes Budget [...]
