Education & Schools
Education & schools are central to the mission of local and state government agencies. They focus on providing quality education, ensuring equitable access, and supporting the development of students from early childhood through higher education. Governments work to create policies, fund programs, and oversee the operation of public schools to foster academic success and prepare students for future challenges. This directory offers articles on education and schools and related topics like Education Grants, which explore funding opportunities that support educational initiatives and resources.
Public schools are chronically underfunded; Dr. Judy Riffle shares some innovative strategies for bringing in much-needed funds
Thirteen nonprofits in the region will be receiving funding to help minority students better access educational opportunities in science and technology
The Flickinger Learning Center and AIM each received a $5,000 grant to support their work to provide equal opportunity education for youths
Marion Elementary recently received two grants that will help the school improve the way that students learn and the campus where they learn
A group of Democratic lawmakers in Washington have announced a proposal to make community college and technical college free for state residents without a bachelor’s degree
Angered by teacher sick-outs that have caused many Detroit school closures, majority Republicans in Michigan’s Legislature proposed — and promised to quickly pass — legislation to make it easier to deem such work stoppages illegal strikes
The Children’s Literacy Foundation is inviting elementary schools in Vermont and New Hampshire to apply for $25,000 in Year of the Book grants
the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) received a $1,965,730 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to help provide reemployment services to former coal industry workers who need to access jobs in emerging and growing fields
The grant aims to improve instructional practice and leadership in elementary science in northeastern California through the development of locally focused standards-aligned curriculum. It also aims to create partnerships among schools, the University, and science and technology resources in the region such as those in industry and agriculture
The award will fund the Pathways to Employment initiative, a new partnership with the North Central and Southern Alleghenies Workforce Development Boards and Adult Basic Education Coalitions that will focus on workers who lack basic skills in reading, math and communications that inhibit them from successfully completing occupational classroom training and sustaining employment
The grants help free up funds to enable the district to have a school police officer at each building, “without putting increased strain on your general fund”
Some Detroit schools were closed again Wednesday due to the absence of teachers, but it was the smallest number since a so-called sick-out gathered momentum this week over issues like pay and the condition of buildings
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Healthy Students awarded Baltimore City School District a Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) grant totaling $292,647
A proposed penny sales tax to help boost the salaries of public school teachers and fund other areas of public education can be placed on a ballot for a statewide vote, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled
WorkForce Essentials received almost a $1 million grant to help implement a mechatronics program that trains students and soldiers about electronics and engineering systems in a modern manufacturing plant
The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday upheld as constitutional a state requirement that local governments help pay for education, reversing a lower court decision
A big focus will be combining IT systems and increasing efficiencies in hopes of saving schools tens of thousands of dollars
A south Alabama lawmaker threatened to make a Baldwin County school tax that pays for additional teachers and school employees “go away” after he was criticized over education budget language
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