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NYS to Save Thousands of Jobs With The Passing of $26 Billion in Aid
After months of negotiating among lawmakers, Education Departments nation-wide will be receiving relief in the form of $10 billion in school funds recently made possible with the passage of a $26 billion dollar aid package during a special session of the House called yesterday by Speaker Pelosi. The objective is a combined effort to prevent 300,000 teacher and public sector layoffs with $16 billion reserved to help state governments bridge massive Healthcare/Medicaid expenses weighing heavily on their budgets. In order to keep the bill from increasing the deficit, offsets were made by closing existing corporate tax loopholes and agreeing to cuts in food stamp programs slated to go into effect 4 years from now. This aid package is a relief … More >>
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States Are Starting To Move On National Standards
The results of a national common standards initiative were released this week by a panel commissioned through a partnership of the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers. This state-lead push for national standards has been given the thumbs up by the policy planners behind President Obama’s education agenda and the recent “Race to the Top” grant competition. If adopted on a large scale, this could have lasting implications on how education is structure in 48 states (Alaska and Texas declined to participate). Experts believe that if the report’s recommendations was adopted, its effects would completely reform how we collect data on student’s performance impacting continuous areas of debate from classroom size to charter school funding … More >>
