More than 7,000 jobs have been eliminated and a staggering $2.7 billion in state funding has been cut over the past year in the Sarasotas County School System.Sarasota Schools Chief Financial Officer John Barch, who recently testified before Congress about the financial effects of the state’s education budget cuts, said that the cuts to the…
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Law school: The top 10
Lakewood High School in northwest Indiana has become the first U.S. high school to offer law school for the first time in more than 50 years.Lakewood, the nation’s sixth-largest city, is one of the nation and the most populous in the Midwest, but the school has struggled to get students to attend.Lakeville High School, in…
Which state schools have the best student-to-staff ratios?
In the U.S., where student-staffing ratios are considered one of the most important factors for success in higher education, there are some notable differences in how states are measuring student-teacher ratios.In some states, a student-based student-professor ratio is often considered the most reliable indicator of student success.In others, the ratios used by the schools are…