Posts Tagged Education Funding
State Education Officials to Consider Making School Funding More Equitable
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on October 8, 2019
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Is the way Virginia funds its schools equitable? That’s a topic up for debate in Richmond. Michael Pope reports.
Teachers in Virginia Consider Way Forward
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on March 29, 2019
Credit: Mallory Noe-Payne / RADIO IQT
Hundreds of educators from across the state are in Richmond this weekend, considering their next steps in pushing for more state funding. It comes at a time when new numbers show Virginia teachers are paid almost $10,000 below the national average. Mallory Noe-Payne reports.
Budget Negotiations Leave School Districts in Limbo
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on March 20, 2018
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, along with Richmond area lawmakers, calls on lawmakers to provide more funding to school districts. (Credit: Mallory Noe-Payne / RADIO IQ)
Governor Ralph Northam is proposing a new state budget Wednesday. That will kick off a second round of budget negotiations. The first round failed when lawmakers couldn’t agree during their normal legislative session. Mallory Noe-Payne reports.
Funding for K-12 on the Line as Lawmakers Weigh Medicaid Expansion
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on March 5, 2018
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, along with Richmond area lawmakers, calls on lawmakers to provide more funding to school districts. (Credit: Mallory Noe-Payne / RADIO IQ)
Educators are keeping an eye on Richmond this week, as lawmakers wrap up work on the state budget.Mallory Noe-Payne reports.
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From NPR News- Protests Rock Spain's Catalonia Region But Residents Are Divided Over Independence October 19, 2019While many Catalans are outraged at the central government's crackdown on the independence movement, the huge demonstrations have obscured deep divisions in Catalan society.
- Impeachment Inquiry Update: What The Past Week Revealed About The Ukraine Affair October 19, 2019President Trump commissioned Rudy Giuliani as his top guy for Ukraine and the White House also appointed "three amigos" to carry out its policy. The administration says nothing's wrong here.
- California Can Expect Blackouts For A Decade, Says PG&E CEO October 19, 2019PG&E is under fire for its management of last week's planned power outages that left about 800,000 customers in the dark. CEO Bill Johnson admits the company was ill-prepared for the operation.
- Boeing Pilots Detected 737 Max Flight Control Glitch 2 Years Before Deadly Crash October 19, 2019One pilot messaged that the problem was "egregious" and he had "basically lied to the regulators (unknowingly)" when he had told the FAA that the flight control system was safe.
- White House Adviser Peter Navarro Calls Fictional Alter Ego An 'Inside Joke' October 18, 2019Peter Navarro, a key architect of President Trump's trade policy, made up one of the people the adviser repeatedly quotes in his nonfiction books. Navarro's publisher is not amused.
- Protests Rock Spain's Catalonia Region But Residents Are Divided Over Independence October 19, 2019
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- Brexit: Johnson vows to press on despite defeat over deal delay October 19, 2019Boris Johnson says he will put a bill on his Brexit deal to MPs next week, after they backed a further delay compelling him to ask for an extension to 31 October deadline.
- People's Vote march: Jubilant scenes at 'final say' Brexit protest October 19, 2019Supporters of the "People's Vote" cheered as MPs voted to withhold approval of the PM's deal.
- Turkey's Erdogan vows to 'crush heads' of Kurdish fighters October 19, 2019The Turkish president says Kurdish-led forces must withdraw under the terms of a temporary truce.
- All Blacks rout Ireland to set up England semi-final October 19, 2019Holders and tournament favourites New Zealand score seven tries in a 46-14 win over outplayed Ireland who fall at the quarter-final stage yet again.
- Cambridge University don readmitted after sexual harassment October 19, 2019Ex-students say they are "staggered" the academic has been readmitted to Trinity Hall.
- Brexit: Johnson vows to press on despite defeat over deal delay October 19, 2019
