PE News

A Proposal to Pay for Public Education
Mar 30, 2006 ... A special session is planned for lawmakers in Austin next month, but there is already a new proposal to fund public education. It ...

1:01 pm: State slow to improve Indian education
Mar 30, 2006 ... SANTA FE (AP) - The Legislative Finance Committee says the state Public Education Department has been slow to improve education for American Indian children. ...

Protesting higher-education cuts, students crash state ceremony
Asbury Park Press, NJ -
Mar 28, 2006... able to afford college. "We're pricing out our public education so that it's not affordable," Beck said. Speaking with reporters ...

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. ...

Religion classes sought for public system
Mar 30, 2006 ... ... "What private schools offer in terms of religious education can not be offered in public education," he said, explaining that Bialik students have half a day ...

Sweeping public education reform debated
Palm Beach Post, FL -
Mar 23, 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 ...

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 ...

School officials consider support for funding lawsuit
Mar 30, 2006 ... ... "The state is not meeting its constitutional mandate to adequately fund public education," Kelly stated in a March 21 press release issued by OSFDF. ...

Board: More time for budget
Mar 30, 2006 ... ... and other things that need to be done or purchased in order for schools to meet the standards of the Every Child is Entitled to an Adequate Public Education Act ...

GOP School Voucher Plan Clears Senate Committee
Mar 30, 2006 ... ... Bush's proposal also allows parents who "request alternatives to traditional public education" to receive state money to attend private schools, "as provided ...

Public Education Key To Reducing Genetic Diseases Linked To Close ...
Medical News Today (press release), UK -
Mar 27, 2006Basic information on the genetic problems linked to close-kin marriage and the preventive measures available should be included as part of the secondary school ...

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 ...

Charter school taken off probation
Mar 30, 2006 ... ... related. Mansfield wondered why the school system couldn’t provide the services like it does to other public education buildings. ...

Superintendent finalists interviewed
Mar 30, 2006 ... ... District's Maureen Marshall fielded questions, shared anecdotes of their travails as administrators, and outlined their visions for public education before a ...

Senate OKs more money for teachers, education
Mar 30, 2006 ... OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Senate approved a sweeping public education bill Wednesday that would provide a $3,000 raise for state teachers and add $204 million in ...

Where is Gov. Fletcher when Kentucky parents need him the most?
Mar 30, 2006 ... ... failing schools. It will also energize the public education system and spur struggling schools to succeed.”. In a Sept. 10, 2003 ...