Concerns For Community In Regards To Education: In Class Research

Looking through the Kansas City Star in regards to education 5 of the main concerns are:

1.TOPEKA , Kansas legislators are considering a new proposal to satisfy the federal government's demands that the state boost spending on special education programs in public schools without undercutting Gov.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/23/2676261/new-plan-emerges-on-kansas-special.html#ixzz1EozXdBA7

2. HARTFORD, Conn. -- The U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday against hearing Connecticut's challenge to the federal No Child Left Behind law, ending the state's six-year lawsuit over how to pay for the stepped-up student testing considered one of the law's cornerstones.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/22/2079734/court-wont-let-conn-challenge.html#ixzz1Ep0ZwRLP

3. Educators seek out more minorities to study abroad

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/21/2671893/educators-seek-out-more-minorities.html#ixzz1Ep1DIAa3

4.Collective Bargaining Rights and Higher Education

While much of the focus of the protests in Wisconsin and other states that are trying to outlaw collective bargaining has focused on how it will affect public schools, the online publication Inside Higher Ed is reporting that college faculty members are also at risk of losing their bargaining rights.

5. City to Replace School Lighting Tainted by PCBs

Responding to pressure from federal officials and worried parents, the Bloomberg administration said on Wednesday that it wouldreplace light fixtures containing the toxic chemicals known as PCBs in nearly 800 school buildings across the city over the next 10 years