News Briefs
Despite a roller-coaster economy, Connecticut’s K-12 budget for fiscal 2008-09 remained exactly as it had been fixed in last year’s legislative session.
July 15, 2008
Florida educators said last week that more schools earned A and B grades in the 2007-08 school year than ever before. The education department reported that 2,125 schools, 73.5 percent, earned the top two grades, while 45 schools got an F, compared with 83 a year ago.
July 15, 2008
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a Republican in his second term, is the new leader of the Education Commission of the States. The president of ECS serves two years. He succeeds Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat.
July 15, 2008
The Oklahoma City public schools last week selected Karl Springer to be the district’s new leader. He agreed to a one-year, $185,000 contract to become superintendent and will leave the same post in the suburban, 8,200-student Mustang, Okla., district on July 15.
July 15, 2008
The former science curriculum director at the Texas Education Agency has filed suit charging that she was improperly fired for forwarding an e-mail regarding a public event about evolution.
July 15, 2008
A proposal requiring Pennsylvania high school students to pass various tests before they can graduate has met strong opposition.
July 15, 2008
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