en-us GOVERNING magazine provides leading intelligence articles on management, policy and politics to help guide and inspire innovative leaders across state and local government. Tue, 21 May 5:17:32 PDT http://www.governing.com/idea-center/gov-new-jersey-looks-to-college-students-for-urban-revitalization.html Fri, 17 May 12:0:00 PDT Lawmakers in New Jersey have proposed paying part of college graduates' student loans if they agree to live in cities in need of revitalization. http://www.governing.com/news/state/Bill-Allowing-Armed-Personnel-in-Schools-Becomes-Tennessee-Law.html Fri, 17 May 8:4:00 PDT Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill that allows school districts to let people with police training be armed in schools. http://www.governing.com/news/state/Impact-of-Louisiana-School-Voucher-Ruling-Beginning-to-Show.html Fri, 17 May 8:3:00 PDT As the 2013-14 funding plan boomeranged between the Legislature and the state board of education, the state education superintendent revealed that the state had to find an extra $29 million for the current school year; meanwhile, parents of students in the voucher program rallied to keep their kids enrolled. http://www.governing.com/news/local/Teachers-Union-Sues-Chicago-to-Stop-Closings.html Thu, 16 May 8:1:00 PDT The two lawsuits, filed on behalf of parents and their special needs children, say the proposed school closings are unfair, will harm students with disabilities and are discriminatory because almost all the students affected are African-American. http://www.governing.com/blogs/view/gov-why-san-francisco-gave-every-kindergartener-in-public-school-a-bank-account.html Wed, 15 May 13:0:00 PDT San Francisco was the first city to create college savings accounts for every kindergartener in public school. Now other jurisdictions are contemplating a similar program. http://www.governing.com/blogs/view/Florida-Teacher-Lawsuit-Could-Spread-to-Other-States.html Tue, 14 May 10:0:00 PDT The lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's new teacher evaluation system was touted as the first of its kind, but it's unlikely to be the last. http://www.governing.com/news/local/DC-to-Open-Hybrid-Traditional-Charter-School.html Thu, 9 May 8:8:00 PDT D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson described the effort as a first-of-its-kind partnership that will produce neither a traditional school nor a charter school but something in between. http://www.governing.com/news/state/Arizona-May-Join-States-Offering-Foster-Kids-Free-Tuition.html Thu, 9 May 8:4:00 PDT Seventeen other states have tuition waivers for foster children. http://www.governing.com/news/state/Voucher-Funding-Unconstitutional-Rules-Louisiana-Supreme-Court.html Wed, 8 May 8:9:00 PDT Act 2, part of Gov. Bobby Jindal's 2012 package of education reforms, diverts money from each student's per-pupil allocation to cover the cost of private or parochial school tuition. http://www.governing.com/news/state/Obamas-Cigarette-Tax-to-Fund-Preschool-Up-in-Smoke.html Wed, 8 May 8:6:00 PDT Presidential budgets are all about theater. But this year’s was more theatrical than most: Its biggest single new proposal — the sin tax to generate $78 billion to fund a preschool education program — vanished almost as soon as Obama announced it four weeks ago.