K12 4Q profit tumbles 46 pct as costs rise
CBS News
Educational software provider K12 Inc. said Tuesday that its fiscal second-quarter net income fell nearly in half on higher costs. Profit was less than half of what analysts expected and its revenue forecast for the fiscal year fell short of Wall ...
K12 Inc. Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 ResultsMarketWatch (press release)
K12 Shares Sank: What You Need to KnowDailyFinance
K12 2Q Net Slumps 47% On Higher Costs; Enrollment Up 46% >LRNWall Street Journal

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The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
Senate approves 4 percent boost in state education aid
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)
Democrats who control the Iowa Senate voted 26-23 on Tuesday to provide a 4 percent increase in per-pupil state aid funding to Iowa's public K-12 school districts in fiscal 2014. Senators also voted 26-23 to increase categorical funding for class-size ...
Lawmakers to work on fuel taxes, funding for schoolsMason City Globe Gazette

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Democrasoft and TregoED Announce K12 Partnership
MarketWatch (press release)
... and TregoED, creator of the award-winning SCAN critical thinking tools ( http://tregoed.org ), today announced that they are joining forces to advance K12 education through the development of critical thinking and online discussion technology.

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Survey: States predict more dollars for education
CBS News
(AP) WASHINGTON — The Center on Education Policy says after last school year's rough budget cuts for schools, states are predicting a brighter outlook on spending for K-12 this school year. The advocacy group bases that assessment on a survey of state ...

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K12 2Q Net Slumps 47% On Higher Costs; Enrollment Up 46% >LRN
Wall Street Journal
K12 Inc.'s (LRN) fiscal second-quarter earnings slumped 47% as sharply higher costs masked a double-digit jump in revenue and rising enrollment. The education company, which provides online classes for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, ...
K12 Inc. Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 ResultsMarketWatch (press release)

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K12 Inc. Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Results
MarketWatch (press release)
Revenues for second quarter FY 2012 grew to $166.5 million, an increase of $37.5 million or 29.1 percent over the prior year, due to organic revenue growth in our core business of providing curriculum, technology and management services to K-12 schools ...

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Bristol, Va., school leaders expecting shortfall in next year's budget
TriCities.com
On Monday, the city School Board heard public input on next year's spending plan and discussed recent meetings with state lawmakers in Richmond. During those discussions, they sought additional state funding for K-12 education.

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Twin Cities Planet
Bill: teacher evals overrule seniority in K-12 schools
Twin Cities Planet
University student teacher Amanda Borgardt leads a class of third graders through a set of math problems Friday at Earle Brown Elementary IB World School in Brooklyn Center. A proposed bill in the Minnesota House would reduce the role of seniority in ...

Legislator: Make one-time bonus for schools ongoing
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Larry Rhoden wants to turn last year's one-time bonus money for education into an ongoing commitment. Last year, the Legislature agreed to permanently reduce the K-12 funding formula base by 8.6 percent, but one-time money turned it into a 6.6 percent ...

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Survey: States more optimistic this school year on spending education dollars
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — The Center on Education Policy says after last school year's rough budget cuts for schools, states are predicting a brighter outlook on spending for K-12 this school year. The advocacy group bases that assessment on a survey of state ...

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Private K-12 School in Former Home Savings & Loan Building Shuts Down
Patch.com
Three months after opening on Jackson Drive, Day-McKellar Preparatory School has been closed, its founder said Monday, blaming the economy and long drives for its K-12 students. “If I could have sustained another six months or so and taken the loss,” ...

Bill would take money from Gadsden State, give it to K-12 teachers
Gadsden Times
By Andy Powell & Kendra Carter Teachers in Etowah County public schools could see classroom supply money as early as the next fiscal year, paid for with 1-cent sales tax funds allocated to Gadsden State Community College. Rep.

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Reboot Federal Role in K-12 Education, Hoover Task Force Says
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
(EON: Enhanced Online News)--With the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act overdue for reauthorization, the Hoover Institution's Koret Task Force on K-12 Education recommends a new and powerful strategy for fundamental education reform—and a major makeover ...

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More than 1200 schools mark first annual K-12 Recycle-Bowl competition; 2 ...
Virtual Press Office (press release)
6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Keep America Beautiful, Inc., the nation's largest volunteer-based community action and education organization, today announced the winners of "Recycle-Bowl," the first nationwide recycling competition for elementary, ...
Keep America Beautiful Announces America's School Recycling ChampionsMarketWatch (press release)

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Drug violations near K-12 schools on the rise
Colorado Springs Gazette
An investigation by Education News Colorado, Solutions and the I-News Network shows the number of drug violations reported by Colorado's K-12 schools have increased 45 percent in the past four years, even as the combined number of other violations has ...

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Lake Stevens Journal
Hope supports K-12 education budget released today
Lake Stevens Journal
Mike Hope with Snohomish high school students Chelsea Valerie Rea, Karissa Lamphere and Ashley Turner. House Republicans released their K-12 education budget today. Rep. Mike Hope, who serves on the House Education Appropriations and Oversight ...

online school bills seek more accountability
Arizona Republic
6, 2012 12:00 AM Arizona's rapid growth of K-12 online schools is spurring new proposals to both toughen accountability and promote additional growth by giving online schools more state money. The proposals in the Legislature are being greeted with ...
Arizona online school bills seek more accountability, moneyTucson Citizen

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MinnPost.com
What are MN attendees of ALEC confab likely bringing back? Think tenure reform
MinnPost.com
comPlush surroundings awaited attendees of ALEC's K-12 Education Reform Academy in Amelia Island, Fla. Last week, the Minnesota House of Representatives did not meet on Thursday or Friday. The state Senate held a handful of hearings Thursday, ...

Education, tax policy get legislative attention this week
Eastern Iowa Government
DES MOINES – State funding for K-12 schools, a possible gas tax increase of eight to 10 cents a gallon, and tax breaks for working families are among the issues that are expected to capture state lawmakers' attention this week.
Lawmakers to work on fuel taxes, funding for schoolsMason City Globe Gazette

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Duluth Weekly
California Bus Aid Still Imperiled, Despite Reprieve
Education Week News
Jerry Brown was expected to sign into law, would restore $248 million in home-to-school transportation for the remainder of the school year, it also means districts would have to weather bigger cuts to K-12 general funding. And given that next year's ...
School Board MemberDuluth Weekly
Budget talks on agenda for MondayJournal-Advocate

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