By Jeff Pett, Fleetwood Group, Inc.
Just following up on last month’s blog, here is a perspective on what is going on from the little slice of the industry we see here at Fleetwood: June orders were off substantially while we just finished a record quarter of shipments. Early July has shown an uptick in orders [...]
Archive for July, 2009
The State of our Industry/Economy
Posted in Teachers, budget, school industry, stimulus dollars on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Title I Guidance to State and School Districts
Posted in Title I, stimulus dollars on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan wants to make sure that states and districts understand how to apply for waivers that would allow them to use stimulus money linked together with Title I more freely, so the Department of Education has released a draft on Title I Guidance to State and School Districts.
The draft was released [...]
Sync Your Brick and Click Stores for Back to School
Posted in Back to School on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Rebecca Haden
A Plus Educational, Harrison, Arkansas
Back to School season is upon us. After a tough year and a nervous year-end, teachers are getting back into their classrooms. If they’re going to buy, now’s the time they’ll do it.
Retailers have stores fully stocked and staffed, and now’s the time for us all to hang around [...]
NEA & Performance Pay
Posted in NEA, Performance Pay, Teachers, union on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The National Education Association wrapped up their annual convention yesterday, where state delegates had a chance to debate a plethora of policy resolutions on the Obama administration’s education policy agenda.
There were many issues on the table for the 3.2 million member union, which represents mostly education support personnel and teachers. Some of their issues included turning around [...]
Stimulus Dollars & Summer School
Posted in Teachers, budget, economy, stimulus dollars on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Against the advice from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, some states are shutting down their summer school programs in efforts to decrease state budget deficits. Florida, Washington, North Carolina, Delaware, and California are just a few states to participate in these budget cuts.
Many state officials say after receiving federal stimulus money, they still had to [...]
