Information and communications technology has been transforming education at different levels. One level where the ICT has been playing a key role for over the last three decades is in the management and allocation of educational resources and providing data on students and teachers often referred to as Education Management Information System (EMIS).
Do you remember what your governor said about higher education in the gubernatorial state of the state address this year?
If not, you might want to look at this information from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities:
2011 State of the State Addresses and Higher Education by AASCU.
The research in that document from the AASCU showed that higher education continues to be common topic among governors. I
For five years running, the District of Columbia has failed to uphold parts of the federal law that governs the education of students with disabilities, according to the federal Department of Education’s ratings of the district and other states and territories.
In particular, the district can’t seem to get a handle on evaluating and re-evaluating students identified as having disabilities, a problem that is more than a decade old. (You can read more about some of those problems here, and about a more recent problem with special education services in the district.)
(The findings about each state are delayed by a year, so the most recent ratings of whether states are upholding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act reflect the 2009-10 school year.)
In 2010, the school district only managed to evaluate 17 percent of the children who were waiting for special education examinations.
At a dinner party, you’re not supposed to talk politics or religion. Although Miss Manners never forbid it, chatting about how to save money in special education may as well have been included in that list of taboo topics, too. After all, cost can’t be a consideration when deciding what services a student with a disability needs.
While the rules about keeping views on religion and politics to oneself were abandoned long ago, the unofficial gag order on talking special ed funding held—until recently.
In a story earlier this year, I wrote about how one Massachusetts company is encouraging school districts to strive for more efficiency in special education. L
It may become harder to keep up with all of the proposals floating around about what to do with the federal budget, but my colleagues here at Education Week are managing to keep things straight.
The big news so far (which could presumably change at any moment) is that the U.S. House of Representatives voted to restore the $557.7 million cut to special education state grants in the fiscal year 2011 spending bill they are considering. This is the bill that would finance the government through Sept. 30 and overall, still cuts nearly $5 billion from the education budget. This would keep special education spending at $11.5 billion.
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