By kcaskins | May 5, 2011 at 2:08 pm | No comments
RT @edwriters : The Magnitude and Impact of Higher Education Budget Cuts #ewa2011 : http://bit.ly/k5ZYrm
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By Jason | May 5, 2011 at 8:08 am | No comments
RT @juliagillard : Next week’s Budget will include help for teenage parents to finish school & support their kids http://bit.ly/m6d9BZ JG
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By kcaskins | May 3, 2011 at 4:07 pm | No comments
Beaverton School District Budget Committee continues its review of the budget and pending cuts.
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Beaverton School District Budget Committee meets Tuesday to...
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By Jason | April 26, 2011 at 1:17 pm | No comments
In what seems to be a trend all across the country, teachers will be seeing massive layoffs in New York City. Mayor Michael Bloomberg will finalize his budget next week and it looks grim. In what is considered the 'greatest city in the world' we are looking at one of the...
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By Jason | April 25, 2011 at 11:53 am | No comments
New York City forgot to ask for federal reimburse on special education services. The special education service, which costs NYC tax payers 1.2 billion dollars a year, had a severe blow today when it was found out that half of its funding went unaccounted for. When asked for...
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By Jason | April 18, 2011 at 12:22 pm | No comments
In what seems like a never ending string of budget cuts, Schools of Education have started to prepare upcoming teachers for the stark reality. Across the board, applications for the specialized program has dropped due to the high stress and intense nature of the job. With...
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By Jason | April 12, 2011 at 9:52 am | No comments
The new spending bill has been released and many cuts have been made to essential and non-essential programs. Some of the programs that have been completely eliminated are
Educational Technology State Grants—$100 million.
Literacy Through School Libraries—$19...
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By Jason | April 6, 2011 at 9:46 am | No comments
As we come into the home stretch of the education year, a daunting realization is at foot: stimulus income will end. Many states rely on stimulus money to stay a float. One question arises from these facts. WHY ARE WE ALLOWING SCHOOLS TO OPERATE BEYOND THEIR MEANS? ...
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By Jason | April 5, 2011 at 2:35 pm | No comments
With looming budget cuts, one music and the arts are normally stripped down. Now a new sector is feeling the pressure, school nurses. Some schools have reduced the number of days a nurse is allowed to come in and replace them with health clerks AKA Lunch Servers. This...
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By Jason | April 4, 2011 at 8:02 pm | One comment
NYC is usually the hot topic for education. We have such a diverse group of students in a small dense area. How do we manage all of them per year? Well apparently by hiring more administrators. Within the past 15 years, the overall administrators board has grown 34%...
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