News from The Hindu: Bangladesh is a classic case of a low- and middle-income country achieving the unachievable which many others failed to. It reduced its maternal mortality by 66 per cent between 1990 and 2010; the reduction was 40 per cent between 2001 and 2010 alone. These were achieved by lowering the maternal mortality [...]
Adult education programs see major cuts in state’s largest districtsNews from Sacramento Bee: State budget cuts, combined with more spending flexibility for school districts, are reducing adults’ options for learning English, earning their GED or high school diploma, and training for jobs. California adult education programs have changed dramatically over the last three years, with [...]
School razor attack: boy, 8, cuts anotherNews from New York Daily News: Howard Simmons/New York Daily News Public School 132, the Garrett A. Morgan School, in Morrisania, where a 9-year-old boy was attacked and cut with a razor by an 8-year-old. A razor-wielding 8-year-old boy slashed another child on the neck Tuesday at a Bronx [...]
California’s child care system faces deep cutsNews from San Jose Mercury News: Click photo to enlarge Cambridge Child Development Center associate teacher Shanese Alls reads a story to preschoolers in Concord, Calif., on Thursday, May 17, 2012. In an attempt to balance the budget, California Governor Jerry Brown is proposing budget cuts that could affect [...]
Cuts to Arts Education Would Shortchange Our ChildrenNews from Huffington Post: Budget pressures are forcing school boards across the country to slash spending and cut programs central to a child’s education. Later today, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) — the second largest school system in the nation — is set to revisit a [...]
High School Students Rally Against Public Education CutsNews from Essential Public Radio: About 300 students from across Pennsylvania rallied against education budget cuts at the State Capitol in Harrisburg on Tuesday. About 300 students from across Pennsylvania rallied against education budget cuts at the State Capitol in Harrisburg on Tuesday. A fifty-student delegation from Pittsburgh Public Schools [...]
Shenendehowa Central School District cuts Planned Parenthood’s sex education presentations after group of parents complainsNews from Saratogian: By GLENN GRIFFITHggriffith@saratogian.com CLIFTON PARK — A group of parents from the Shenendehowa Central School District has persuaded district officials to retract their invitation to a longtime sex education presenter. The group, Shen Parents Choice Coalition, was formed [...]
Child care cuts force hard choices on parentsNews from msnbc.com: OXNARD, Calif. — Sarah Comito rolls out of bed before dawn most days and slips quietly out of her house. Before her rambunctious toddler wakes up, she heads off to work as a waitress in an upscale weight-loss resort in Malibu. The hour-long commute is exhausting, [...]
FORUM: Cuts to education unfair to students, teachersNews from Rapid City Journal: Gov. Dennis Daugaard, Again, we are writing in response to our concern about the school funding cuts. We are aware the original proposed cut was 10 percent. However, we are also aware that before the 10 percent cut was proposed, the general idea [...]
Gregoire laments education cuts during Bellingham visitNews from TheNewsTribune.com: BELLINGHAM – The best ways parents can support their child’s education and their school is to pass the tax levies and volunteer as much as possible, Gov. Chris Gregoire said Thursday, Nov. 3, while at Shuksan Middle School. School districts around Washington are bracing for another [...]
