Education briefs: New role for district official (The Arizona Republic)

5 Jan 2009 at 6:54pm  Education items from Phoenix

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Education Union Proposes Sales Tax Increase (NBC 6 Miami)

5 Jan 2009 at 6:53pm  The Florida Education Association is pushing for a sales tax increase to help struggling schools in the face of the state budget crisis.

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Our Schools: Despite economic gloom, some bright spots in Tri-Valley educatio...

5 Jan 2009 at 5:53pm  THE KIDS ARE BACK in school after a long winter's break, and dark shadows loom from the uncertainties of the state budget crisis and the impact it will have on education.

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State education board will decide next week whether to take over 11 underperf...

5 Jan 2009 at 5:36pm  Caddo Parish's schools superintendent has been meeting with Louisiana's education chief about his plan to head off a state takeover of 11 underperforming schools in Shreveport. The effort comes 10 days before the state education board decides whether the Caddo plan is good enough. The schools have been deemed academically unacceptable because of student performance. They are Bethune Middle ...

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