Tag Archives: school budgets

Meet public education’s newest trend: the four-day school week

    Maybe it’s time for Alice Cooper to rework his classic anthem to reflect the times. While “School’s out for the weekend” doesn’t pack quite the same punch as the original, it’s indicative of the new trend to a four-day school week that’s becoming a reality for more and more students across the country.
    The [...]

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Florida’s K-12 budget woes made much worse by school employee unions

Labor costs eat up huge portion of school budgets, leaving less money for students
     Earlier this week, Florida’s State Board of Education held a budget workshop with education stakeholders to discuss ways the state’s public schools can stretch their budgets.
     Suggestions ranged from increasing class sizes to outsourcing payroll. A Florida teachers’ union proposed closing [...]

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