Outgoing Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero said to expect $30 million in cuts for next year's 2024-25 budget. Since 90% of the district budget pays to operate schools, he said the impact on students and educators is "unavoidable."
Many of Vermont's school boards are tabling bond votes this year in light of skyrocketing annual operating costs and uncertainty surrounding the state's plans for future construction assistance.
The changes to the curriculum are part of the administration's focus on overhauling literacy instruction in a school system where only half of elementary and middle school students reach proficiency.
A time-worn phrase has dominated Chicago's education scene for the past decade—"fully fund neighborhood schools." Yet it hasn't translated into policy.
Major programs could also be reduced or eliminated, including countywide chorus, band and strings, junior varsity and middle school athletics, plus gifted programs.
Other priorities for Ivey include school security, replacing technology devices, funding the turnaround school initiative and ensuring the Numeracy Act and Literacy Act, which push for improvements in math and reading, are funded.
Andover teachers went on strike for five days–three school days–back in November. Now, in its budget meetings, the school committee says there is a $2.7 million budget deficit, and one of the proposed fixes is to cut 36 full time school positions.
The surge in 1:1 technology plans during the pandemic did not close the access gap, Erin Mote, executive director and co-founder of InnovateEDU, said during a panel discussion at the 2024 National Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando, Florida last week.
A $60 million November cut to the city's school foods budget is forcing the Education Department to thin out next month's school cafeteria menu by removing a host of pricier items.
