Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposal to encourage small Connecticut school districts to regionalize or else risk losing some state aid is raising concerns among some local leaders who argue that their towns are being unfairly penalized for just being little.
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3/4/2012
The Davenport Community School District is using Facebook to connect with students that have dropped out or are thinking about dropping out.
3/4/2012
Public schools in Luzerne County are significantly safer and freer of cigarettes and alcohol than they were when the current class of high school seniors entered kindergarten, according to data from the state department of education.
3/1/2012
After fierce debate, the Florida House approved a measure Thursday allowing school boards to let students deliver "inspirational messages" in public schools - a move critics say is aimed at promoting unconstitutional school prayer.
3/1/2012
During a networking event for members of the design and construction industry at the Rocky Hill Marriott Wednesday night, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy discussed the importance of education reform in helping to develop the state economy.
3/1/2012
On Monday, the Minnesota Senate passed a bill that would allow schools to take into account performance evaluations of teachers in addition to seniority while making layoffs.
3/1/2012
Statistics on the city’s high school admissions process were released on Wednesday, but Thursday is the day many eighth graders will learn — from letters home, from guidance counselors, from calls from their parents — which school, if any, opened its doors to them.
3/1/2012
Randolph Central Schools will be among the first districts in the state to develop a new performance-based pay structure for its teachers.
3/1/2012
The State Board of Education has approved nine new charter schools in North Carolina.
3/1/2012
A DeKalb County schools spokesman confirmed March 1 that the system will need to cut money slated for school projects to close a recently-discovered $41 million hole in the budget.
3/1/2012
Cleveland City Schools employees are scheduled for a 3 percent salary increase for the coming year if the Cleveland City Council approves the school system’s budget request of $38.9 million.
3/1/2012
The number of black and Latino students who were accepted at one of eight highly selective high schools in New York City increased from last year, according to admissions statistics released on Wednesday by the city’s Education Department. The uptick for the two groups reverses a years-long decline in admissions to the schools, where admittance is based on a single test.
2/29/2012
Archipelago Learning announces the launch of its latest enhancements for award-winning Study Island, a web-based instruction, practice and learning program built from individual state testing standards.
2/29/2012
Super Duper Publications has introduced Vocab-U-Sounds Fun Sheets, a new reproducible workbook and printable CD for ages 5 to 11 (grades K to 5).
2/29/2012
Shmoop, a digital publishing company, now offers the best stories in Young Adult Literature.
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