INDIA: Expanding private and vocational education

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20110128224241383




This article was about a bill on accreditation of higher education institutions to ensure quality education in both government-funded and private institutions. The bill will make it mandatory for schools to be evaluated on the curriculum, teachers, faculty, and student satisfaction. They are pushing the growth of higher education. The private higher education has grown  in the last decade, with 80% of enrollments in professional education taking place in private institutions. To encourage participation, the government has made it easier for private companies to run higher education institutes. 

Wis. governor proposes deep cuts for schools

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=911006

This article is about Wisconsin and the budget cuts that are going on. They proposed a plan that cuts $1.5 billion in aid to public schools and local government but avoids any tax or fee increases, furloughs or widespread layoffs. The people of Wisconsin are not happy about this and people are acting out in response to the plan. The budget includes a 9 percent cut in aid to schools which equals a loss of about 900 million dollars that used to be provided to the schools. Three of my roommates are from Wisconsin, one of them is related to a school teacher and she gave us an insight of what was going on. She said there are a lot of upset teachers and teachers/school staff are protesting. I understand that they need to make budget cuts, but why cut something so important. I don't think schools get enough money in the first place, let alone have some of that taken away. The states push a quality education and want what is best for the students, and then they take away money for schools resources. I just don't understand!

Austin MN public schools face student population growth.

http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S2000983.shtml?cat=10226

This article is from KAAL news from my home town Austin, MN. In this article they talked about how they are one of three districts in Minnesota that are facing a challenge because of student population growth. They talk about not having room for all of the students, and that they have 71 actual classrooms and they are using 79 classrooms this year, using 8 spaces which were not designed to be "classrooms". They have many decisions they have to make in the upcoming years.. "From reconfiguring grade levels within our buildings to adding onto buildings to building a new building or buildings," said Mark Stotts. I found this to be very interesting because I went to school in Austin and we didn't have any problems with classroom sizes or not having enough classrooms. In our school district we have 4 public elementary schools, 1 public middle school, and 1 public high school. My sister currently attends the middle school, and she said they are already expanding the school, so they can fit all of the children.