Students at Winchester College. Photograph by Christopher Pillitz/Getty Images. Cuts in education spending since 2010 have dramatically widened the funding gap between public and private schools, according to a report by the Institute for Tax Studies found. The per-pupil funding shift quickly diverged after the last Labor government left in 2010 and was replaced by […]
J According to one analysis, the gap between private tuition and public school spending per student has more than doubled over the past decade. Private school tuition has risen more than 20% after inflation since 2009-2010, while basic public school spending per student has fallen 9% in real terms, according to the Institute for Fiscal […]
In the most recent year (2020-21) the average private school tuition was around £13,600. This is £6,500, more than 90%, more than the total public school expenditure per pupil in England in the same year (£7,100). This gap has more than doubled over the last decade and compares to a gap of £3,100, or 39%, […]
The great divide between classes: Spending gap between private and public schools DOUBLE as they spend £6,500 more per pupil, study finds Students in private schools spent almost twice as much on them as in the public sector The Institute for Fiscal Studies found that the gap has doubled over the past decade Study finds […]
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Over the past year, schools in Washington State have received a historic amount of federal funding to meet the expenses of educating children in the event of a pandemic. Already, some – about 13% of the roughly $2.6 billion – has gone to schools. In Seattle, 104 new school employees walk the halls, monitor quarantine […]
Students considering their higher education options can apply for admission to any of Minnesota’s 30 state colleges and seven universities without paying an undergraduate application fee for all or part of October under the Minnesota State Week and College Knowledge Month promotions. “With more than 3,800 extraordinary academic programs delivered in-person, online or in hybrid […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith and U.S. Congressman Michael Guest announced Thursday the awarding of U.S. Department of Education grants totaling more than $1.7 million to the Southwest Mississippi Community College, Alcorn State University and Jackson State University. SMCC received an initial grant of $592,000 under the Predominantly Black Institutions […]
Photo: Adobe Stock Showdown with resistant General Assembly looms as governor’s commission urges implementation of court-approved plan Bursting with cash, the state of North Carolina owes its children ‘nothing less’ than a fully-funded pension Leandro Complete turnaround plan, the Governor’s Commission on Access to a Strong Basic Education unanimously agreed on Tuesday. The committee made […]
Public school students are returning to their classrooms today as concerns grow over a last-minute decision to fill a shortage of primary school teachers with traveling educators. Thousands of children will return to their desks after the summer holidays, with some elementary school students unsure whether they will receive adequate learning. Private schools opened last […]
Public primary and secondary schools reopened to students on Wednesday morning, dismissing fears of COVID-19 but facing uncertainty over the deployment of teachers. Road traffic congestion, which had built up in recent days with the reopening of religious and private schools, peaked on Wednesday, with red mini-buses zipping around cars which, on several roads, could […]
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell announced on Friday that Washington state schools and libraries will receive money from the ECF fund to support remote learning. WASHINGTON, DC, USA – Schools and libraries in Washington State are receiving $28.8 million to support remote learning. U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell announced Friday that schools, school districts and libraries in […]
Updated with UPE comments Around 80 public school primary classes are still without a teacher just days before the start of the new school year, the Malta Teachers’ Union has warned. Talk to Malta weather Amid a dispute between teachers and the government, union leader Marco Bonnici said that to fill these gaps, the government […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on Tuesday recognized 325 schools as Blue Ribbon National Schools for 2021, including Rosa Parks Elementary in Lexington and six other Kentucky schools. Recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps between subgroups of students. Cardona made the […]
State Schools Chief Tony Thurmond announced in a virtual press conference in Sacramento on Tuesday a vision to ensure that every student in California will learn to read in third grade by 2026. The effort will also include a bi-literacy stage for bilingual learners. In order to make progress towards the goal, Thurmond said a […]
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman believes Gov. Doug Ducey’s stance on masks has created preventable outbreaks in public schools across the state. “I do — 100%,” was Kathy Hoffman’s response, when asked if the governor’s anti-mask mandate policies had caused outbreaks that shouldn’t have happened. Last week, AZFamily political […]
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OWENSBORO, Ky. (WFIE) – It’s a trend on TikTok that has impacted schools across the country. He has been seen to trick students into stealing bathroom supplies, like soap dispensers, toilet paper, and even sinks. [READ MORE: TikTok pulls ‘devious licks’ videos of kids stealing from schools] Owensboro Public School officials say they’ve had to […]
Under the existing system, schools that are oversubscribed must prioritize children who are currently or were previously in care, and the ASCL says this should be expanded to ensure that the poorest children are also priorities. Mr Barton said ideally there would be a school with a top Ofsted rating in all areas. However, in […]
Many state schools were more interested in delivering food parcels to the poorest children last summer than in providing distance learning for all their pupils, the head of Ofsted has said. Teachers often paid “great attention” to children most in difficulty during the first national lockdown, according to Amanda Spielman, the chief inspector of schools. […]
The University of Florida on Monday became the first in the Sunshine State to rank among the top five public universities in the nation, according to a widely watched national ranking of higher education. US News & World Report, an online magazine that has published lists of America’s top colleges and universities since the mid-1980s, […]
Cambridge University is expected to recruit 93% of its students from state schools, while those studying at Eton are expected to “go north to meet more diverse people”. That’s the verdict for Dorothy Byrne, 69, who this week began her new role as president of the all-female Murray Edwards College in Cambridge. The former Channel […]
Several students in southern Indiana are no longer able to go without a mask. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb issued an executive order on September 1 encouraging the use of masks in schools. The order states that schools and daycares with mask requirements will no longer have to quarantine students, teachers or staff who are close […]
Schools were made aware of the policy last week and said it would take effect from the start of 2022, regardless of any budget plans made by schools or communications they sent to families this year. “The department will closely monitor the financial impact of the clarified and strengthened policy on all schools and will […]
Three schools in Washington state were closed on Friday as anti-mask protesters tried to enter the grounds while children were in class, according to local reports. Vancouver Public Schools Officials locked Skyview High SchoolAlki Middle School and Chinook Elementary School, all of which are located in close proximity to each other along the Oregon border. […]
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CINCINNATI (WXIX) — The president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers had strong words Thursday for Gov. Mike DeWine following his announcement of a new quarantine pilot program in school districts in Warren County. “We shouldn’t be jumping through hoops to avoid common sense protections against this deadly disease,” said OFT chair Melissa Cropper. said […]
The delivery of about 35,000 carbon dioxide monitors to all public primary and secondary schools should be completed by mid-September, the education ministry said. The department last week began supplying schools with the devices in a bid to help regulate ventilation levels and prevent the spread of Covid-19 as hundreds of thousands of students return […]
Two schools that face each other in Wepener in the Free State have been closed due to an outbreak of COVID-19. Learning and teaching was suspended this week at Tlotliso Primary School and Qibing High School. Concerned parents complain about poor communication between the school and the Ministry of Education. Learners have been told to […]
Public schools and colleges across England will receive wearable carbon dioxide monitors from next month as part of a £25million government scheme to help combat the spread of Covid Schools to measure airflow via carbon monoxide monitors in coronavirus fight The majority of the 300,000 monitors will be available during the fall semester They will […]
A group of parents who oppose the school mask mandate are working to create a coalition of home-schooling options that would essentially operate as a series of one-room schools. Photo by Meg Bouldon/Unsplash A group in Delawares upset by the state’s school mask mandate is working to create alternative education methods for students. The group […]
Robin Cuevas, right, walks her six-year-old son, Angel Cuevas, to school on the first day of school during a visit by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond to Dean L Middle School Shively at South El Monte on Wednesday, August 18. 2021. (Photo by Libby Cline-Birmingham, Contributing Photographer) Ms. Dao Liu’s 6th grade class […]
The head of Washington’s public schools on Thursday (August 12) urged Gov. Jay Inslee to require all public school employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk losing their jobs. In one letterSuperintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal has “strongly” encouraged the governor to require all public school teachers and staff to provide proof that […]
At this time, Metro Health is able to order the wearing of masks in schools in the San Antonio area. It could end as early as next week. SAN ANTONIO — State officials aren’t backing down from a brew mask mandate game. Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton call local leaders’ efforts to […]
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TRI-STATE (WFIE) – Back to school is fast approaching for some students in the Tri-State area. With the COVID-19 pandemic still worrying, there is a lot to know as many children head home for their first day of school this week. For the Evansville Vanderburgh School Society, students whose last name begins with AJ return […]
The program will allow thousands of public school students aged 11 to 16 to learn LatinNick Fewings/UNSPLASH Mary Beard, professor of classics at the University of Cambridge, welcomed the government’s plans to give more pupils in state schools the chance to learn Latin. The £4million Latin Excellence Program aims to increase the number of Latin […]
State Department of Education Commissioner Betty Rosa is demanding reopening guidance for schools in Albany. The state Department of Health said it would not issue instructions as New York’s COVID-19 state of emergency has been lifted. But Rosa rejects that rationale and released a statement on Thursday asking for advice on how to proceed with […]
Latin will be taught in more state schools as part of a new government program aimed at ending “elitist” perceptions of the subject. Classicist Mary Beard has welcomed the move, which will see £4million in funding for the Latin Excellence Program (LEP) ahead of a review in 2026. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is known to […]
Latin will be taught in public schools to make the language less “elitist” A £4million Latin Excellence program will see the language offered to 40 schools Staff will be trained and resourced to teach youth ages 11-16 Gavin Williamson said: “We know that Latin has a reputation for being an elitist subject” He added: ‘But […]
When schools began classes in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, students and teachers were required to wear masks to help stop the spread of the infectious disease. This is not the case this year. In all three states, governors have left the decision to local districts, many of whom are […]
Thomas J. Weber Next year, out-of-state college students may be eligible to attend Florida public universities at the same price as in-state residents — if they have a grandparent living in the state. State. The legislation, which Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law June 29, allows Florida to waive out-of-state tuition for up to 350 […]
Students at state universities will pay more this year. The Iowa board of directors adjourned its meeting Wednesday afternoon. Tuition will increase for students at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and University of Northern Iowa. Iowa and Iowa State will rise nearly $300. UNI Panthers will see a $115 hike. The Board of […]
Photo: robertharding / Alamy Stock Photo Because it happens quietly, it is no less revolutionary. The rapid increase in admissions to public schools in Oxford and Cambridge is wresting these great universities from the grip of Eton and the public schools. In due course, this could have drastic social and political consequences. Amid a second […]
The Buffalo News Six weeks before most New York kids go back to school, there’s still wondering what school will be like this fall. Will children be wearing face masks? How far away will they be? These are big questions on the minds of parents, children, teachers and staff. And like at the start of […]
The Albany school board on Monday hired retired public schools chief Rob Saxton as the district’s acting superintendent, just two weeks after three of its members voted to fire Superintendent Melissa Goff. “There’s no one better,” said board member Pete Morse. Saxton spent his early career as a high school teacher and administrator in Albany […]
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CINCINNATI (WXIX) — School districts and universities in the three states are rolling out their plans on whether or not they will require students and staff to wear masks when they return to class. The Ohio Department of Health recommends wearing a mask for unvaccinated people. Cincinnati Public Schools – The Cincinnati Public Schools School […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Governor Jim Justice opened Tuesday’s virtual COVID-19 briefing by celebrating that he had no deaths to report since his last briefing on Friday, saying that he “hopes and prays that this becomes the new normal. ” Responding to questions about COVID-19 precautions in educational settings this fall, Justice said, “Things […]
Governor Brad Little, Sherri Ybarra and lottery officials joined a crowd at a school in Nampa on Wednesday to present oversized checks to mark payment. NAMPA, Idaho- Editor’s note: This article has been originally published by the Idaho Press. The Idaho Lottery announced a record annual dividend to the state of $72.5 million on Wednesday, […]
CHARLESTON, WV (WBOY) – The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) has announced its latest initiative to encourage students, teachers and staff to get vaccinated. The “I Got Vaxxed” contest is designed to encourage vaccinations among eligible school-aged students and school staff. Across the state, a high school, middle school, and elementary school will win […]
Eight California State University campuses will offer Apple iPads to freshmen and transfer students, a technology initiative intended to help bridge the digital divide as students seek more online courses in the largest university system of four years of the country. By providing an essential tool without further straining student finances, university leaders hope the […]
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be out of date. Please look at the timestamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Eight California State University campuses will offer Apple iPads to freshmen and transfer students, a technology initiative intended to help bridge the digital divide […]
Oklahoma Education Secretary Ryan Walters will join two longtime school district leaders in the race to become the state’s top education official. Voters will vote for state superintendent of public instruction in 2022. Walters declared his candidacy on Monday. Shawnee Public Schools Superintendent April Grace and Peggs Public Schools Superintendent John Cox have already announced […]
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Starting Monday, all students in Std I through X will take a bridging course designed by the State Council of Education, Research and Training (SCERT) based on all the important topics covered in the previous year’s program. The course should help students acquire the required learning outcomes from the previous year. “Most of the past […]
The 262 public school systems in Arkansas and 1,050 schools are accredited by the state, no probation and none even being accredited with quotes for the 2020-21 school year that just ended. The State Board of Education approved the annual report on the state of school accreditation at a meeting during which it also approved […]
With all 550 Eisenhower Elementary School students back on campus full-time, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond decided to visit the school on Thursday, May 27. Eisenhower is the first campus in the Garden Grove Unified School District to return 100% of its students to classrooms five days a week. The district has gradually […]
ANNAPOLIS (WJZ) — Maryland has appointed a new public school superintendent, Mohammed Choudhury. BREAKING: Maryland State Board of Education announces @moh_choudhury as the top candidate to replace Dr. Karen Salmon, who will retire on June 30. Mohammed Choudhury is Associate Superintendent of Strategy, Talent and Innovation for the San Antonio Independent School District. — Paul […]
New York state schools can fully reopen by September based on the current rate of COVID-19 positive numbers in the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. The move would mean the return of children and teachers to the classroom after more than a year of pandemic-related upheaval, which has forced many to learn remotely, a […]
Image via UCLA Campus Newsroom By Meghan Imperio Many universities across the country have already made new COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory, including Columbia, Yale, Princeton, as well as more than five dozen other universities. Recently, the University of California (UC) and California State University (Cal State) systems announced that they could also join the dozens of […]
Former public schools chief Tom Horne is jostling for his old post, rekindling themes of “ethnic chauvinism” and academic rigor that were hallmarks of his previous terms. “When I was superintendent of public instruction, my focus was on academic achievement,” Horne said at a press conference Thursday announcing his candidacy. “I was a crusader against […]
BURLEY — Debbie Critchfield, a member of the Idaho State Board of Education and Cassia County resident, announced Tuesday that she will run for the state superintendent of public instruction in 2022. . The office is an executive position in the state government and the superintendent leads the Idaho Department of Education, which operates the […]
Pioneer and La Serna High Schools, which serve the west and east ends of the Whittier Union High School District, respectively, have been recognized as 2021 California Distinguished Schools by the California Department of Education. This is the fifth time that La Serna has been recognized and the first time for Pioneer. However, in 1983, […]
(Wavebreakmedia/Getty Images) The Tennessee General Assembly on Wednesday passed a law banning the teaching of critical race theory in public schools. the the law forbids public schools to teach that the United States is a fundamentally racist nation, that a person is inherently privileged or oppressed because of their race, or that an entire race […]
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As students return to school, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner and LAUSD Board Chairman. Kelly Gonez joins dance teacher Carrie Dolin as she warms up with students online at Pacoima Middle School on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) As students return to school, Los Angeles […]
The Education Secretary has said he wants to end the ‘choice and mix’ of school types in England, unveiling a push for more state schools to be run by self-governing trusts rather than head teachers. institution and parents. With around half of England’s state schools still locally governed, Gavin Williamson wants more to become academies […]
Northwest Arkansas is home to seven of the top 10 public high schools in the state, according to the latest rankings from US News & World Report. Haas Hall Academy led the state’s high schools in the 2021 Top High Schools rankings, released Tuesday. The data is from the 2018-2019 school year and was unaffected […]
The University of California and California State University announced Thursday that they will require COVID-19 vaccinations for all students, faculty and staff on campus properties this fall once the Food and Drug Administration will have given formal approval to vaccines and supplies sufficiently available. The directive is the largest of its kind in U.S. higher […]
Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced Friday that he will soon issue an emergency proclamation directing school districts to provide part-time in-person instruction to K-6 students by April 5. and grades 7-12 by April 19. “After a year of our schools being closed, now is the time for every child in Washington state to have access […]
More public school districts in Ventura County are finalizing and announcing concrete reopening dates in the wake of the state’s $6.6 billion education bill signed into law Friday. Assembly Bill 86 marks a significant push by Governor Gavin Newsom and lawmakers to open schools to in-person instruction and address learning loss. It will provide much-needed […]
Spring break canceled BOROUGHWIDE — A Brooklyn teacher is fighting to keep spring break in New York schools. The state appears set to cancel spring break vacation dates and continue remote learning. Outside of school hours, Brooklyn Technical High School teacher Giancarlo Malchiodi created a petition in an effort to get New York students, families, […]