Arne Duncan gets advice from the field
Washington Post, Jan. 12
Chicago public schools chief Arne Duncan goes before a Senate committee on Tuesday for a confirmation hearing to become President-elect Obama’s secretary of education. To help him set priorities, a Washington Post reporter asked folks in the education world to provide advice on key issues.
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Math error costs Maryland districts $31 million
Washington Post, Jan. 12
An error of simple addition in late 2007 threw off a government estimate of Montgomery County property wealth by $16 billion-an amount equivalent to the gross domestic product of Jordan-and spread, virus-like, through the budgets of at least 18 counties before it was corrected. The error resulted in overpayments to 17 school districts.
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Columbus, Ohio, school leaders call 2008 a turning point
Columbus Dispatch, Jan. 11
At this time last year, Columbus City Schools were projected to be out of money by this fall. But today, district leaders are making plans to create new schools, hire more teachers, and spend millions of dollars to buy buses, textbooks, and technology.
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