Related News ItemsEducation groups cry foul over letterThu, 09 Sep 2010 06:27:34 -0700
World-Herald News Service LINCOLN - The Omaha Public Schools superintendent and at least one state senator are crying foul after Gov. Dave Heineman asked the state's major education groups to support repeal of the federal health-care reforms or face possible cuts in state funding.
Read More... Cornyn condemns decision by U.S. Department of EducationThu, 09 Sep 2010 14:36:38 -0700
Uncle Sam and the Lone Star State are still going at it over education funding for Texas schools. In the latest chapter of the partisan saga between Republicans and Democrats, Sen. John Cornyn, R-San Antonio, is condemning the U.S. Department...
Read More... EDUCATION MATTERS: Not your parents' kindergartenThu, 09 Sep 2010 07:44:49 -0700
Kindergarten is not what it used to be. Playing with blocks, learning to use scissors and coloring within the lines are now preschool activities. Times have changed as expectations for academic achievement beginning at age 5 have accelerated dramatically. Kindergarten today, it turns out, is no place for 4-year-olds. Nor is it the half-day, fun-filled, no-pressure zone of yesteryear. Realizing ...
Read More... Feds reject Texas application for education moneyThu, 09 Sep 2010 11:38:03 -0700
The denial of the request for $830 million in education aid leaves the money in limbo while Texas officials ponder their next move.
Read More... Critics wall-to-wall at Bill 103 hearingsThu, 09 Sep 2010 17:16:31 -0700
Critics of the Liberal government’s new language legislation, Bill 103, were wall-to-wall as the National Assembly’s committee on culture and education embarked on a second day of hearings on the proposed law. No one has yet stepped up to endorse the government measure.
Read More... Meet the Board of Education candidatesThu, 09 Sep 2010 16:39:58 -0700
The Malibu Times sent a questionnaire to eight candidates running for four seats on the Board of Education for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. They were given the same time frame to respond and were limited to 150 words per answer. The first profile was printed last week, and a new one will appear in the newspaper each week through Oct. 21
Read More... Bill 103 'misguided, insufficient': criticsThu, 09 Sep 2010 10:46:30 -0700
Critics of the Liberal government’s new language legislation, Bill 103, were front and centre Thursday as the National Assembly’s committee on culture and education resumed hearings on the proposed law, calling it either misguided or insufficient.
Read More... Farnham to keep circulating school funding legislation petition
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