May 23, 2012


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Proposed funding cuts in Utah put charter schools in jeopardy 

As many as 18 charters schools might have to close if spending cuts are approved...

University of Tennessee approves land purchase for solar power generation plant 

200-acre tract also would house a visitors center and future educational projects...

Cincinnati board approves plans for elementary school 

Some neighbors had objected to site chosen for Silverton Paideia Academy...

Proposal would let private investors help pay for school facility renovations 

Lease-back arrangement program is labeled "Smart Credit"...

Former junior high converted to apartments in Kansas City, Kan. 

Northeast Junior High facility divided into 43 living units...

UCLA backs off expansion of lab school program 

University says it doesn't have the funds to open a second campus of the UCLA Lab School...

Federal stimulus saved thousands of teaching jobs 

Funds replenished state budgets and helped prevent layoffs...

Texas district seeks $24.4 million bond 

La Vega system wants to build intermediate school...

$1.3 million bond proposal passes in Vermont District 

Money will bring energy upgrades in Mount Mansfield Union district...

$110 million bond package on ballot in Norman (Okla.) district 

Voters will decide two questions on Dec. 8...

In New York City, Queens bears the brunt of crowded schools 

Two-thirds of the city's 5,100 overcrowded classrooms are in Queens...

University of Minnesota system has $240 million facilities wish list 

Regents approve plan that emphasizes maintaining and upgrading existing buildings...

Many students can't keep up with lunch fees 

Some districts toughening policies on unpaid meals...

Parking fees put the bite on high school drivers 

In Loudoun County, Va., the cost of student parking permits jumps form $25 to $200...

Wisconsin districts are given more leeway to pay for energy-efficiency upgrades 

Legislation allows districts to bypass voters and raise taxes for energy improvements...

Superintendent of district where teachers are striking is found dead from an apparent suicide 

John Harrison had led the Ottawa Township High School District...

Philadelphia archdiocese will close 2 high schools in June 

Cardinal Dougherty High and Northeast Catholic High for Boys have seen sizable enrollment declines...

Teacher dies in bus crash as Utah students return from band competition 

Vehicle full of students from American Fork High School veered off the highway in Idaho...

Bond will pay for upgrades in Fairbanks, Alaska 

Voters approve $11.95 million request ...

High school construction begins in Phillipsburg (N.J.) district 

$174 million campus scheduled to open in 2013...

530 school aides to be laid off in New York City 

Schools have been told to cut 5% from their budgets...

More than 1,500 Detroit school employees have ineligible dependents on health care plans 

Rampant fraud amazes district's emergency financial manager...

Pasco County (Fla.) district wins green award 

Governor's award recognizes recycling, energy-conservation efforts...

Kentucky gets federal funds to help acquire hybrid-fuel school buses 

State lays claim to having the largest fleet of hybrid school buses ...

Charter application denied in Reynolds (Ore.) district 

Board may decide to begin its own charter school...

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