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ALA'S #1 PROBLEM: TEACHER SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
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Alabama School Districts Without One Month Reserve Fund
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2007-2008 BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL CLOSINGS (HERE WE GO AGAIN - "DOWN SIZING, RIGHT SIZING, or CAPSIZING" )
More Busing in Birmingham With School Consolidations
BIG SPENDERS - MOST COSTLY SCHOOLS NOT SMALL SCHOOLS
The late Henry Sparks made Birmingham the financial envy of the state's education system
Links About Birmingham City Schools
SCHOOL TAKEOVER CORNER: BIRMINGHAM * DETROIT * SAINT LOUIS
Worhtless BOE Guidelines and Frame Work For Superintendent Stan Mims, Lay Citizen Advisory Task Force (BOE Policy 6170) Sabotaged
Citizens For Better Schools:
Despite Free Space in SomeSchools, Many Packed Classrooms(How are Birmingham Classrooms?)
COMING SOON: ** THE CHOICE: SCHOOL ZONING, BIG SCHOOLS - SMALL SCHOOLS (WHICH EDUCATES THE POOR BEST?)
BIRMINGHAM CITY SCHOOLS DECLINE: THEFT IN SCHOLS - INTERNAL CONTROLS LACKING
Education Research on School Size: School Climate and Academic Achievement
Thumbnail Facts: Birmingham Enrollment/ Teacher Loss Not Cause of $22 Million Bham BOE Losses
Evidence Based Consequences of Increased School Size
In Education: Big Is Not Better - Research Finds Small Schools Better for Poor and Black Students
School Size and Grade Structure
CLASS SIZE REDUCTION
Class Size Comparison Changes For Parents - The Classroom Effects of Closing & Consolidating Schools
GOLD FACULTY - BROWN PAST 50 WORKSHOP: BEYOND NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND - FULFILLING THE PROMISE OF BROWN
Education Management and Leadership
Curriculum and Instruction
Education Finance, Economics, & Budget Monitoring
Education Statistics & Thumbnail Facts: School size not saving Detroit schools form chopping blocks - Economies of scale
Special, Exceptional, and Gifted and Talented Education
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ALL SPORTS Birmingham - ALL THE TIME
Brown Past 50 Symposium and Education Workshops
GENDER EQUITY: Public Schools, Segregated Schools?
Phillips Academy - Crisis in Student School Bus Transportation
Topic Index: BREAKING SCHOOL CLOSING NEWS ** Citizens for Better Schools
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PRESIDENT OBAMA UNVAILS NCLB REFORMS: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/01/AR2010020101129.html?hpid=topnews
Budget Signals Bold Changes for ESEA Fy 2011 Busget Summary and Tables: http://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget11/summary/index.html
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- $539 million for innovative teacher and leader reforms such as performance pay, bringing the total to $950 million, and $269 million for teacher and leader recruitment and preparation, bringing the total to $405 million.
- $354 million for school turnaround grants, bringing the total up to $900 million.
- $250 million for special education students, bringing the IDEA Grants to States total to $11.755B
- $210 million for Promise Neighborhoods, a new competitive grant program modeled on the Harlem Children's Zone that combines comprehensive social services with school improvements in order to transform whole neighborhoods.
- $197 million for programs designed to promote a well-rounded education, supporting comprehensive literacy, STEM and other core subjects including history and arts.
- $81 million for expanding educational options, including at total of $365.5 million in funding for charter and other autonomous schools.
- $50 million for English Language Learner Programs, bringing the total amount up to $800 million.
- $45 million for school safety and student health programs for a total of $410 million under a new funding stream called Successful, Safe and Healthy Students.
- $98 million for Historically Black Colleges and Universities
$96.57 million for Hispanic Serving Institutions, and other Minority Serving institutions