Small School Districts
Education
A National Roundup
Pittsburgh District to Manage Troubled Duquesne Schools
The Pittsburgh school board approved a one-year contract last week that allows Superintendent Mark Roosevelt and other city school administrators to help manage a small, troubled district nearby.
Education
A State Capitals Roundup
Supreme Court Won’t Review Nebraska Consolidation Case
The U.S. Supreme Court declined without comment last week to review an appeal stemming from a Nebraska lawsuit that aimed to keep open about 200 small school districts that opposed being consolidated into neighboring districts.
Education
Opinion
Crash Course
Chris Whittle calls the public school system the nation’s “last great cottage industry,” with its thousands of independent districts too small to address the broad steps needed to truly change schooling.
Federal
Teacher Strikes Limited to a Few Small Districts
Once a fairly common occurrence in the back-to-school scene, teacher strikes have fallen off this fall, continuing a recent trend.
School & District Management
A State Capitals Roundup
Iowa Debates New Rules For Small Districts, Schools
A bipartisan committee of 12 Iowa legislators released a plan last week that strongly encourages the state’s small school districts to share more resources and sets the stage for establishing minimum sizes for both districts and high schools.
School & District Management
Pupil Loss Hits District in Arizona
A small school district on the Arizona-Utah state line has run out of money, four years after it lost almost two-thirds of its students in a mass withdrawal encouraged by local religious leaders.
Federal
Rural Schools in Need of Guidance, GAO Says
The Department of Education should do more to assist small, rural school districts as they struggle to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, a federal report released last week says.
Education
Ohio District Holds Walkout Record
A small school district in northeastern Ohio holds the record for the longest unbroken walkout ever by U.S. teachers.
Education
A National Roundup
Voters in Calif. District to Decide on Whether to Open High School
Voters in a small elementary school district in California can decide next spring whether to open their own high school, or "unify" into a K-12 district, the state board of education has decided.
Education
Florida Panel Weighs Plan To Allow Smaller Districts
Are small school districts better?
The answer to that question is being debated in Florida, where the state's Constitution Revision Commission is considering a proposal to allow Florida's largest school systems to break up into smaller ones.
School & District Management
At School In The 'Secret City'
Fueled by federal money, Los Alamos has grown into a top-notch system. Now, it must find a way to wean itself from its provider.
Education
Small Districts Eye Coverage 'Pools' as Remedy
School officials in Berks County, Pa., would like to teach the U.S. Congress a thing or two about health-care reform.
Education
Opposition Foils Measure To Shut Down Small Districts in Washington State
A strong show of opposition by a group of mostly rural residents has persuaded Washington State lawmakers to drop a bill that would have closed a host of small school districts.
Education
Small Neb. Districts Wary of Bill To Limit Administrators
An effort by some Nebraska lawmakers to limit the number of full-time administrators in small school systems has stirred strong opposition from educators who fear it will force consolidation of many of the state's hundreds of rural districts.
