Tag: Pell grants
Sufficiency of relief aid is questioned, teacher raises and budget, urgent plea for laptops and more
Best and Brightest repeal, top education bill passed over, overtime, scholarships, coronavirus and more
New academic standards approved, colleges consolidation, budgets, tax hikes, charters and more
Florida schools roundup: Capital for charter schools, a hack attack and more
Charter schools: Florida charter schools could get an extra $96.3 million from school districts that will now have to share the tax money they collect for capital projects, according to Florida House estimates. That’s nearly 7 percent of the money school districts could have after debt service is subtracted, as H.B. 7069 stipulates.[Read More…]
Charter school CEOs criticize President Trump’s budget proposal
The CEOs of three charter school operations criticize President Trump’s budget proposal for cuts to public education in an op-ed in USA Today. While thankful Trump’s budget would boost funding for the federal Charter Schools Program, they write they oppose cuts to other public education programs. We cannot support the president’s[Read More…]
Arne Duncan: Romney will cut education to help millionaires, billionaires
From U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s prepared remarks at the DNC tonight: I’m here tonight as a parent with two young children who attend a wonderful public school. No one has more at stake in this election than our kids, and that is why we need to re-elect President Obama![Read More…]