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The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District is getting another magnet school. The District 191 School Board on Thursday, Nov. 19, approved a new Gifted and Talented Magnet Program at Eagle Ridge Junior High in Savage.
As the state Senate rushed last month to pass a bill that would expand the number of charter schools in certain districts, it added an amendment that would probably prevent them from opening in Boston, Lawrence, and several other cities where the quality of education has long been a concern.
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Jim Scoggins is taking back his seat on the Yakima school board today. Scoggins, who beat incumbent Raymond Navarro Jr. in last month's general election, will be sworn in at the Yakima School District Board of Directors' meeting at 7 a.m.
Control has shifted in the power base of the Burke County Board of Education. Thursday night, the so called "SWAT" team that ran as a block in November's elections and won, was sworn in as new members of the School Board. Two newcomers and two incumbents took the oath in front of a crowd of several hundred supporters.
LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WXOW) -- A new book recognizes some achievements by the La Crosse School Board. "The Essential School Board Book," written by Nancy Walser, spotlights a handful of school boards
MERRILL -- The Merrill School Board on Monday voted 9-0 in favor of $825,000 in budget reductions for the 2010-11 school year during a special meeting.
If they wanted their children to attend a big city school they would have chosen to live in the big city and not the country. That's the message many Niagara-on-the-Lake residents had for Niagara Catholic District School Board representatives during a public meeting Thursday evening.[...]
The Amboy School Board of Education District 272 approved a tentative tax levy at their Nov. 24 regular meeting following a presentation by Superintendent Quintin Shepherd titled “.1 percent CPI – really?”
DES MOINES -- John Meyers, Sioux City school board vicepresident, was one of 100 school board members in Iowa who receivedan award from the Iowa Association of School Boards.
The Knox County school board will pay $30,000 per year for a lobbyist group to represent the school system's interests to state legislators.The school board Wednesday unanimously approved the one-year agreement with Nashville-based Southern Strategy Group as part of the district's involvement in a coalition of the five largest school systems in the state.The organization will work with the ...
The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District is getting another magnet school. The District 191 School Board on Thursday, Nov. 19, approved a new Gifted and Talented Magnet Program at Eagle Ridge Junior High in Savage.
Claiming that charter schools drain dollars and students from Buffalo's traditional schools, the Board of Education voted, 6-2, Wednesday evening to seek a state moratorium on new charter schools in and around the city.
D.C. officials have decided to give charter schools the same police protection as regular D.C. public schools after a two-month-long spate of violence near a charter school in Northeast Washington.
Members of the East Aurora School Board are gearing up for a difficult budget process. At a Nov. 18 meeting, the board and Superintendent James Bodziak discussed priorities for the 2010-2011 budget. The budget for the current school year included cuts in many areas, which helped to avoid a tax increase. Several board members and administrators who spoke at the meeting said that further cuts ...
State Rep. Phil Pavlov attended the November Marysville school board meeting to inform the members what is going on in Lansing regarding school funding and to answer any questions they may have. Subjects discussed included:
The Delano School Board is strongly encouraging district residents to attend a Monday, Nov. 30, forum on the status of school funding during "very challenging economic times."
Members of the East Aurora School Board are gearing up for a difficult budget process. At a Nov. 18 meeting, the board and Superintendent James Bodziak discussed priorities for the 2010-2011 budget. The budget for the current school year included cuts in many areas, which helped to avoid a tax increase. Several board members and administrators who spoke at the meeting said that further cuts ...
As President Obama pushes for more charter schools, the education world craves a report card on an experiment nearly two decades old. How are these independent public schools doing? The safest and perhaps most accurate reply -- it depends -- leaves many unsatisfied.
WORCESTER - Yesterday afternoon's hearing on two proposed charter schools was similar to others held in the city in 2005 and last year except for one thing: The supporters outnumbered the opponents 25-6.
Bear Creek Community Charter School Chief Operating Officer Jim Smith has a bit of a bone to pick with the Pennsylvania Department of Education: His school doesn’t get listed with other public schools when the state announces “Keystone Achievement” award winners.
Blairstown The Ridge and Valley Charter School recently held its third annual Autumn Olive Festival.
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New CEP report looks at what’s happening with stimulus dollars ...
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