NYC Schools Need More Funds, But Delays Seen
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New York City's schools should get  $14.8 billion over the next four years, a state judge has  ruled, affirming a court-appointed panel's recommendation.
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Schools may need more money and  regulators may need more authority to help America's children  from spiraling into obesity, experts and politicians told  Congress on Tuesday.
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Traffic delays endured by the New York metropolitan area's commuters, tourists and truckers stunt growth and cost some $13 billion a year in lost jobs and lost production, a new study said on Monday.
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By Adam C. Hartmann, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.  Feb. 7--Two county committees on school district organization may need  more time before making a recommendation that could change the future of the  Yucaipa-Calimesa and Beaumont school districts.
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A clash at a charter school in New York has exposed fault lines of wealth and class that are perhaps inevitable as philanthropists increasingly invest in public education.
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Many large high schools in New York are suffering, their troubles largely the fallout from efforts to create new small high schools.
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In some cases, fights in Congress have slowed progress, or the U.S. government has focused on other priorities. In other cases, the cost of IT projects has been an issue.
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More than $1 billion in federal funding to help schools and libraries go online is being held back
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By Mark Guydish, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader  Sep. 22--UNION TWP. -- Northwest Area High School students will have access to more computers, and teachers will have more high-tech "smart boards," thanks to a $67,000 state grant.
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The annual address was notably short on ways to ease the legislative gridlock that has made New York famous for late budgets.
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Metro faces a $116 million budget shortfall the next fiscal year, raising the possibility of fare increases, reduced bus and rail service and higher contributions from area taxpayers, according to budget documents and interviews with board members.
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In dozens of schools across the city, New York City's nearly 1.1 million public school students returned for the opening of a new school year.
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday proposed raising spending in the next fiscal year by 3.7 percent to $58.5 billion, despite falling tax revenues due to Wall Street's sinking profits.
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With politicians promising more school places - official figures show many spare places already exist.
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New York's public school children are returning to class for a year that will serve as a crucial barometer of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's education efforts.
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A federal program to teach reading pressured schools to adopt a specific approach in order to receive funding.
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If Doreen Seelig pocketed all the money she has spent on classroom supplies over 35 years as a teacher &#151; the printer cartridges, the paper, the pencils and the paperback books lent to her Venice High School students &#151; she figures she would have a new car by now.