Draud Urges Investment In Ky. Education
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If Kentuckians are going to overcome the challenges of the 21st century and realize the standard of living they desire, the commonwealth’s leaders must realize that investment in the state’s public educational system is the only way to be successful.
That was the message Kentucky Education Commissioner Dr. Jon Draud delivered as he spoke to about [...]
Quick City And Town News From All Editions Of Today’s Providence Journal
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The state Department of Education has determined that prospective Providence schools chief Thomas M. Brady is eligible to receive a superintendent’s certificate, according to a spokesman for the education commissioner.
The Central High School Class of 2008 may have been the hottest class ever as temperatures topped 97 degrees in Providence, breaking records and keeping graduation [...]
Transportation Group Calls For School Bus Safety Improvements
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A transportation group is accusing the state Education Department of not keeping its training programs for school-bus drivers up to date.
The state annually sets aside $400,000 for school-bus-driver safety training through the Education Department and a database of accidents. In 2007-08, more than $159,000 of the total was not spent, said Peter Mannella, executive director [...]
Do We Really Need School Boards
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TROUBLE WAS predictable when, three years into their jobs, members of the Strait regional school board were ordered to write their own directive on ethics, responsibilities and how to behave with common courtesy.
Are these the folks we want running the system that teaches our children?
Over the weekend, Education Minister Karen Casey decided the answer to [...]
Local School Leaders Optimistic As Education Budget Passes Senate
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The state education budget passed out of the Alabama Senate Thursday, and local school leaders say they are now more optimistic about the upcoming year.
The budget still must make it pass the House of Representatives and Gov. Bob Riley, and Bazzell said not having the budget already has had an impact on Pike County Schools. [...]
Govt To Ratchet Up Collections On Student Loans
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Due to the persistently high percentage of government student loans in default, Education Minister Carl Bethel said the government is contemplating ‘get-tough’ measures to increase collection.
Due to the persistently high percentage of government student loans in default, Education Minister Carl Bethel said the government is contemplating ‘get-tough’ measures to increase collection.
As of June 30, 2007, [...]
United Way Has New Goals For Education
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The president of the United Way of America announced plans this week to steer money over the next 10 years toward programs related to education, income and health care.
That’s already being done at the United Way of Central Oklahoma, the local organization’s president said Friday from Washington, where he was meeting with elected officials from [...]
Yek Business Program Gets $34,000 Gift From Cargill
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Cargill Inc. has donated more than $34,000 to Youth Entrepreneurs of Kansas.
The money is going toward a program that provides YEK students with backpacks filled with business supplies. They will be issued at the beginning of the school year and is theirs to keep through the duration of the business-education program.
“This support from Cargill gives [...]
Deer Park: School Voters Guide 2008
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The district is proposing a budget of $94,471,150 for 2008-09, an increase of 4.83 percent over the current budget of $90,115,985.
The proposed tax levy would be 60,336,873, a 0.41 percent decrease from the current tax levy of $60,587,001.
School taxes on the average single-family house assessed at $4,000 would decrease from $6,659 to $6,632, a decrease [...]
Kleine Hails Local Junior Achievement
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At a recent local event, however, the former Arkansas Razorbacks and professional basketball player focused on something else that is dear to his heart: Junior Achievement.
Kleine, now an assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, was the keynote speaker for a celebration of Junior Achievement’s success in Saline County.
The program, [...]
