The Tuck School of Business was the only U.S. News and World Report-rated top 10 business school not to place among the 10 business schools with the most applications prior to the 2010-2011 academic year, U.S. News reported. Tuck is currently ranked eighth in the Best Business School rankings, but was surpassed by the Duke University Fuqua School of Business in full-time admissions applications. Harvard Business School received 9,524 applications, taking the number one spot in number of applicants out of the 437 business schools surveyed, U.S. News reported. Tuck received 2528 applications. The average number of applications received was 525, according to the U.S. News
This summer's heavy state budget slashing could reduce K-12 budgets by $2.5 billion and higher education budgets by $5 billion nationwide, the Los Angeles Times reported. At least 22 states have already cut K-12 funding, and 24 have scaled back funding for higher education. These cuts have resulted in increased college tuition, the dismissal of thousands of teachers and reduction or elimination of programs deemed unnecessary. The budget reductions are expected to most significantly affect low-income students, as they cannot afford to pay for supplementary activities such as tutoring, the Times reported. Jack Jennings, the president of the Center on Education Policy, expressed the concern that these cuts would exacerbate preexisting equity issues within education systems across the country.
A recent study in Springfield County, Ill., indicated several problems in the school system's special education program, the State Journal-Register reported Saturday. District Managing Principal of Special Education Leu Baker said she plans to discuss findings with District Superintendent Walter Milton before any changes are instituted within the program, citing the need to review all of the study's conclusions. The study revealed that not all schools within the district are properly employing the "Response to Intervention Model," which determines whether a child has a learning disability. Another finding suggested that general education teachers are less satisfied with special education programs than special education teachers are with their own services. Additionally, the study found that special education services are not consistent in all schools throughout the district and indicated a disconnect between administrators and parents who have formed a special education advocacy group, the Journal-Register reported.
