PE News

Sweeping Public Education Reform Debated
Black Enterprise, NY -
Mar 26, 2006... Jeb Bush's A++ education proposal, contains sweeping changes to the state's public education system, including new high school requirements, new middle school ...

Competition as an Effective Education Reform
National Ledger, AZ -
Mar 25, 2006“You know competition is not for children. It’s not for human beings. It’s not for public education.” Former teacher, Ruth Holmes Cameron. ...

Considering the Covenant with Black America, Part Two: Public ...
Pardon My English, MA -
Mar 25, 2006The second chapter in the Covenant is entitled, "Establishing a System of Public Education in Which All Children Achieve At High Levels And Reach Their Full ...

Don't put public education up for sale
DetNews.com, MI -
Mar 24, 2006... For-profit companies are out to make money and see great potential in the more than $780 billion spent annually on public education in this country. ...

County executive proposes a 9.3 percent increase in public ...
Business Gazette, MD -
Mar 23, 2006by Guy Leonard. County Executive Jack Johnson today said that $1.5 billion of the $2.36 billion county budget he is proposing will ...

Crowd gives federal education law an F
Newburyport Daily News, USA -
Mar 24, 2006... for gifted-and-talented children. Speakers disagreed on the quality of public education in Massachusetts. But all advocated for ...

Politicians listening to teacher organizations
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... defeat of veteran state Rep. Kent Grusendorf, R-Arlington, chairman of the House Public Education Committee. They were also decisive ...

Telling the truth
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... Before it, there was little accountability in public education - astoundingly little, given the billions of dollars involved and the importance of the ...

Tech money may fund public education
Mar 27, 2006 ... for Texas Tech University's El Paso medical school is being ...

Watch out for the hidden costs
Mar 27, 2006 ... In Western Visayas, free public education in pre-school, elementary and high school is a misnomer as parents pay more for "hidden expenses" like maintenance of ...

Honoree puts stress on public education
The Republican, MA -
Mar 22, 2006By SANDRA E. CONSTANTINE. SOUTH HADLEY - Back in the 1960s and 1970s when he was working on construction jobs at the University of ...

US public education goes to the sidewalks
The Daily Athenaeum Interactive, WV -
Mar 22, 2006We have hundreds of streets, parks and forests within walking distance of our courthouse. A person can escape with their thoughts ...

State testing program adapts
Mar 27, 2006 ... After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita scattered students, destroyed buildings and temporarily halted public education in south Louisiana, the state is rolling out ...

Education Tax Credit Proponents Get Direct
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... aggressively against the tax credits, which they have characterized as a tuition voucher that would take hundreds of millions of dollars from public education. ...

Elementary teachers laud government commitment to public education
CCNMatthews (press release), Canada -
Mar 23, 2006... 23, 2006) - Elementary public school teachers are pleased the Ontario budget released today maintains the government's commitment to improving public education ...

Provincial Budget is Good for Public Education
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), Canada -
Mar 23, 2006TORONTO, March 23 /CNW/ - Funding a strong public education system is the most important investment we can make as a society. OPSBA ...

Bellwether State Considers School Choice
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... "This is the beginning of the end of public education as we know it," said Joe Wanda, Bozeman president of the Missouri Parkway Education Association, a ...

Bill would bring Bible to Georgia's classrooms
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... ``Students are ill prepared for college if don't have a rudimentary education of the Bible. We are talking about enhancing public education.''. ...

AP Enterprise: Per-pupil spending varies widely between districts
San Jose Mercury News, USA -
Mar 25, 2006... often is far less than the per-pupil amount promoted publicly because the state's budget includes spending for all aspects of public education, from charter ...

Lawsuit gets statewide attention
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... to rely upon their employees to create key policies, plan the bulk of school activities or enforce the policies of the board, public education would come to a ...

Public education to be celebrated
Durham Herald Sun, NC -
Mar 14, 2006DURHAM -- The Celebration of Education, Durham's annual event for business leaders, community members and educators to honor public education, will be held at 7 ...

Hundreds Urge Governor and Lawmakers to Improve Public Education ...
WIVB, NY -
Mar 14, 2006... from all across the state are gathered at the steps of the Capitol in Albany, to urge the governor and state lawmakers to improve funding for public education. ...

Letter: Support public education
Daily News Transcript, MA -
Mar 15, 2006... people that best reflect your goals and values I would ask you to consider the depth of support each candidate has shown for the institution of public education ...

The Costs of a Free Education
CU Columbia Spectator, NY -
Mar 24, 2006... Though Tiersten cited large classrooms and underfunding as concerns, she said she is happy with the school and pleased with her choice of public education. ...

A Court Without Power
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... The governor and state legislature may ultimately pump enough money into New York City's public education system to satisfy the courts and the coalition of ...