Hundreds of high school students join protests at Capitol. Hundreds of students at multiple Madison middle and high schools walked out of class Thursday to participate in protests at the state Capitol.
And students are planning another walkout for 2 p.m. Students stage 'ramen-in' to protest increased fees at community colleges. Ramen will take over the governor's office here in Los Angeles and in San Francisco Friday.
Hundreds of community college students are expected to show up with boxes and boxes of the noodles, rallying to protest the potential increase in student fees. Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed an extra fee of $10 per course unit. Iowa students urge lawmakers to stop the cuts. Iowa students urge lawmakers to stop the cuts DESMOINES—Standing in a circle of four University of Iowa undergraduates, sophomore Katy Kinney engaged Rep.
Chip Baltimore, R-Boone, in a debate. “What do you think it means when you guys cut state appropriations?” She asked him sharply. Administration Pushes Teacher-Prep Accountability. Published Online: March 8, 2011 Published in Print: March 9, 2011, as New Rules for Ed.
Prep Are Mulled Administration pushing shift through HEA reporting Federal officials plan to overhaul the reporting requirements for higher education-based teacher preparation in favor of leaner, outcome-based indicators of program quality, according to plans outlined in the president's fiscal 2012 budget request. To bolster the overhaul, the budget also proposes a $185 million new formula grant program, dubbed the Presidential Teaching Fellows, that would give money to states for scholarships to high-quality teacher-candidates—in exchange for the development of accountability systems that do a better job of distinguishing between exemplary and lackluster preparation programs and routes. Officials at the U.S. To read about how states and colleges of education are still trying to meet federal requirements put in place three years ago, see "Colleges Play Catch-Up With HEA," March 9, 2011.
Misdemeanor Charges Are Filed Against 14 UC Berkeley Protesters. BERKELEY, Calif. — A total of 14 people were charged Monday with misdemeanor offenses for refusing to leave Wheeler Hall during a protest at the University of California at Berkeley last Wednesday, according to prosecutors.
Sonoma State Star: students camp out to protest budget cuts. ANS: Ondertussen in de Verenigde Staten 1. ANS: Ondertussen in de Verenigde Staten 2. Overhaul of Student Loans Passes Congress. ANS: Ondertussen in de Verenigde Staten 3. ANS: Ondertussen in de Verenigde Staten 4. ANS: Ondertussen in de Verenigde Staten 5. ANS: Ondertussen in de Verenigde Staten 6. Timothy D. Slekar: The Night the Lights Went Out on Friday. "I oppose the closing of public schools for a simple reason. ...
They are a public service, a public good. It is the obligation of public officials to provide good public schools in every neighborhood, not to privatize them or to act as an umpire whose role is to judge them defective and shut them down. " Diane Ravitch Last Friday I went to my first middle school dance in 32 years. I felt a little out of place but what was I supposed to do? Berkeley Students Occupy Ledge at Wheeler Hall. So last night at the University of California at Berkeley, seventeen people were arrested at Wheeler Hall after refusing to leave when the building was scheduled to close.
Wheeler has been the site of two previous mass arrests in recent months, arrests that have been heavily criticized by civil libertarians. Today, a smaller group of protesters found a new tactic, one that seems to have at least temporarily stymied the administration. According to the student newspaper The Daily Cal, nine protesters — identified as students by witnesses — made their way to a fourth-floor outside ledge on the Wheeler facade early this afternoon. Six of them have apparently chained themselves together, and they have reportedly linked arms inside PVC pipes, making it logistically difficult for campus police to bring them down from the ledge against their will.
(One student has apparently been dragged through a window and arrested. Interactive Map: State Support for Higher Education Continues to Fall - Government. About These Data These figures were reported by the Center for the Study of Education Policy at Illinois State U. and State Higher Education Executive Officers.
Figures include state tax appropriations, other state monies, and federal stimulus monies. North Dakota, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming enact state appropriations every two years. Figures for New York include only state support for the City University of New York, State University of New York, and student aid. These figures do not include appropriations for capital outlays and debt service, nor do they include appropriations from local governments.
The data were collected from September to mid-January and are subject to change, particularly this year, as many states face budget gaps and may cut financing for higher education. Different budgeting practices among the states make it impossible to ensure that all figures are perfectly comparable. Lindsay McCluskey: The Continuing Resolution Devastates College Opportunities for Young People. Challenging times such as these present decision-makers with opportunities to either deeply assess the problems within our society and craft public policies to alleviate them or to shallowly continue the status quo beefed up with soaring but empty rhetoric.
On Friday, February 18, the House of Representatives was faced with one of those moments and chose the latter. By a vote of 235-189, the House passed HR 1, the continuing resolution, which cuts $11 billion, or 16 percent, from the Department of Education. Neal McCluskey on Sen. Paul's bill to cut education spending on Fox and Friends. Mark Yudof's Higher Calling: Can The University Of California's President Navigate A Budget Crisis And Restore His Own Image?
OAKLAND -- Salary notwithstanding, Mark Yudof has had a tough couple of years.
Yudof, the president of the vast University of California system, walked into a spectacular mess when he started his job there almost three years ago, and it hasn't gotten better. Accustomed to being revered on other campuses, he's now been dubbed the most hated public official in California. After unblemished decades as a college administrator, he is mired in the most profound challenge of his career: restoring luster to the beleaguered University of California system.
With nearly 200,000 students spread across 10 universities statewide, the UC system is one of the country's largest public university networks. It's also long been considered the best, including multiple top-ranked research schools. But the university system has been a chief victim of California's financial crisis, enduring massive budget cuts, tuition hikes, layoffs and program eliminations.
Idaho Students Stage Walkout to Oppose Teacher Layoffs, Collective Bargaining Curbs. Students. Hundreds of student bodies spelling 'FREE EDUCATION' at UCSC. SANTA CRUZ - A few hundreds students came to spell out "FREE EDUCATION" with their bodies - some naked - on the East Field of UC Santa Cruz campus Tuesday. The peaceful demonstration was meant to bring awareness to growing budget cuts for the UC system. Arne Duncan Boosts Merit Pay At Teaching Conference [UPDATED]
WASHINGTON -- Teachers should have salaries starting at $60,000 and the opportunity to make up to $150,000 based on performance, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told educators at the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards conference on Friday. Detroit school teachers to take 10 percent wage cut, pay more for health insurance. (Reuters) - Detroit public school teachers will take a 10 percent wage cut and pay more for health care in what the school system's manager on Friday said were "extreme measures" needed to address a financial emergency.
The measures are designed to save nearly $82 million as part of the Detroit Public Schools' effort to address a $327 million deficit. "These wage concessions and health care cost-sharing plans are being implemented because we are in an extremely difficult financial period for Detroit Public Schools," Roy Roberts, the emergency manager for the school system, said in a statement.
The changes overwrite the previous union contract. Keith Johnson, head of the teachers' union, could not be immediately reached for comment. The wage concessions became effective on Friday, and teachers will see the effect of this change in their paycheck starting August 23. Teachers will also have to pay 20 percent of their health care benefits, starting September 1. Copyright 2011 Thomson Reuters.
Needy New Jersey Students Get Back-To-School Shopping Spree. Though temperatures tipped 90 degrees on Sunday, Rose-Lynn Okongwu, 5, proudly modeled her new leopard-lined winter coat, a welcome reprieve from the boyish hand-me-downs she usually gets from her brother. Rose-Lynn was just one of 500 economically disadvantaged New Jersey students who scored brand-new school supplies and clothes on the National Council of Jewish Women’s dime. For the third year running, the organization’s Essex County Section poured $80,000 into crafting a high-end department store experience for needy kids, hand-picked by 20 service agencies.