Duncan announced Race to the Top (RttT), a competitive grants program that had been authorized and funded by
the education stimulus package.
In this video feature, Professor Thomas Hehir, Professor Thomas Payzant, and Lecturer Janice Jackson discuss many of the issues facing schools and districts in light of the economy and
the education stimulus package.
While the recent passing of President Barack Obama's
education stimulus package may come as a relief to many schools in the nation, it also raises serious questions about the distribution of funding, as well as the best ways to spend the money wisely.
Not exact matches
As for the U.S., I'd actually be quite comfortable with a reasonable amount of «helicopter money» provided that the accompanying fiscal
stimulus package was focused, not on consumption, but on productive investment at the public, private and individual level (infrastructure, investment and R&D tax credits, workforce training,
education, and so forth).
CATO Institute Associate Director with the Center for
Education Freedom Neal McClusky says in order to understand the push for Common Core, you have to go back to 2009, when the federal government created the Economic
Stimulus package.
Like the grab - bag
package the county administration put together for federal
stimulus funding in 2009, this application to the state does have broad appeal in addressing consolidation, firematic and
education issues.
While Tonko said he believed the
stimulus package had improved health care,
education, transportation and energy programs in the Capital Region, Danz said, «We spend a lot of money but I don't see it.
As with all the money in the economic -
stimulus package, the
education money comes with reporting requirements: States must publicly report back exactly how they spent the money.
State
education officials and local school districts are working to use technology money from the federal economic -
stimulus package to develop initiatives that do everything from consolidate data systems to create high - quality digital content for school laptops.
Education Stimulus: Gauging the Impact of a Federal Windfall Read a transcript of the discussion between Hechinger Institute Director Richard Lee Colvin and Education Week Assistant Editor Michele McNeil on the impact of the 2009 economic - stimulus package on e
Education Stimulus: Gauging the Impact of a Federal Windfall Read a transcript of the discussion between Hechinger Institute Director Richard Lee Colvin and Education Week Assistant Editor Michele McNeil on the impact of the 2009 economic - stimulus package on ed
Stimulus: Gauging the Impact of a Federal Windfall Read a transcript of the discussion between Hechinger Institute Director Richard Lee Colvin and
Education Week Assistant Editor Michele McNeil on the impact of the 2009 economic - stimulus package on e
Education Week Assistant Editor Michele McNeil on the impact of the 2009 economic -
stimulus package on ed
stimulus package on
educationeducation.
In some ways, the XQ competition resembled Race to the Top (RttT), the $ 4.3 billion federal
education program tucked into Barack Obama's 2009 economic
stimulus package.
According to early reactors who have voted in the
Education Next poll of the best and worst in 2010 for American education, «Waiting for Superman» and the other recently released documentaries rank next to the stimulus package as among the worst things that have happened t
Education Next poll of the best and worst in 2010 for American
education, «Waiting for Superman» and the other recently released documentaries rank next to the stimulus package as among the worst things that have happened t
education, «Waiting for Superman» and the other recently released documentaries rank next to the
stimulus package as among the worst things that have happened this year.
According to a New York Times report, the Obama Administration admits that over half of the jobs it created or saved by its
stimulus package (325,000 out of 640,000 jobs) were in the field of
education, mainly those of teachers.
The Obama economic
stimulus package contains a huge windfall for
education, approximately $ 115 billion — more than double the department's annual budget, a requested $ 46.7 billion for the coming fiscal year.
Although the total number of
education jobs is dropping at unprecedented levels, the federal economic -
stimulus package approved last year by Congress can be credited with paying for 342,000, or 5.5 percent, of all teaching jobs nationally this school year, according to a new report.
Accounting for nearly $ 100 billion (or about double the typical annual federal appropriation for
education), the
education portion of the
stimulus package was one of its central components.
The
stimulus package did little for the nation's GDP, and it has had a negative impact on its
education GDP.
The
education industry hoped and expected the
stimulus package would set a new floor for federal expenditure.
The $ 37 billion in the
stimulus package that is intended to offset reduced state and local
education revenue in 2009 will cushion what would otherwise likely have been the first significant per - pupil spending reduction in 60 years.
But President Obama's first — and most powerful —
education message to all Americans came with his
stimulus package.
The New York City - based Foundation Center has launched a Web portal to help the philanthropic community leverage federal
education dollars, particularly the new grants available as part of the economic -
stimulus package.
If Obama really wants a
stimulus package that is more than a short - term political fix,
education is where he needs to go.
Secretary Duncan claimed the
stimulus package of 2009 funded more than 300,000
education jobs.
Two years ago this month, Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — the economic -
stimulus package — with its one - time federal investment of nearly $ 100 billion in
education.
This year's report also features a special analysis by the Editorial Projects in
Education Research Center, which tracks several key economic indicators over time, unpacks education funding tied to the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and identifies education - related jobs saved as a result of the economic stimulus
Education Research Center, which tracks several key economic indicators over time, unpacks
education funding tied to the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and identifies education - related jobs saved as a result of the economic stimulus
education funding tied to the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and identifies
education - related jobs saved as a result of the economic stimulus
education - related jobs saved as a result of the economic
stimulus package.
The whopping economic -
stimulus package enacted in February included $ 2.1 billion more for Head Start and $ 2 billion more for child care, plus additional funding for disabled preschoolers and some $ 54 billion in assistance to state and local
education budgets.
According to a New York Times report, the Obama Administration admits that over half of the jobs it created or saved by its
stimulus package were in the field of
education.
As recent news reports have detailed, over half of the jobs created or saved by the federal
stimulus package (325,000 out of 640,000 jobs) have been in public
education.
Podcast:
Education Next's Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (Nov. 24) about the effect of the stimulus package on education, a sector that has proven to be very good at job
Education Next's Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (Nov. 24) about the effect of the
stimulus package on
education, a sector that has proven to be very good at job
education, a sector that has proven to be very good at job creation.
The $ 37 billion in the
stimulus package that is intended to offset reduced state and local
education revenues, which were down 4.6 percent for the first quarter of 2009, will cushion what would otherwise have been the first significant per - pupil spending reduction in 60 years, explain Guthrie and Peng.
Amid fanfare around the billions of dollars being delivered to schools through the federal economic -
stimulus package, members of the National Conference of State Legislatures are warning that the
education agenda being pushed by the Obama administration is shaping up to be just as prescriptive and intrusive as the 8 - year - old No Child Left Behind Act.
Twice during the presidential - campaign debates, Barack Obama termed early - childhood
education one of his highest priorities, and even before serious planning got under way for an antirecession «
stimulus»
package, he had pledged to this priority an additional $ 10 billion in annual federal funding.
The administration has unprecedented discretion due to the $ 787 billion
stimulus package, more than $ 100 billion of which is directed to
education.
Programs serving the nation's economically disadvantaged students and those with disabilities are receiving massive funding boosts through the federal
stimulus package — $ 13 billion for Title I aid and $ 11.3 billion for special
education — but how school districts choose to use the money may set them up for problems when it dries up.
The $ 37 billion in the
stimulus package that is intended to offset reduced state and local
education revenues, which were down 4.6 percent for the first quarter of 2009, will cushion what would otherwise have been the first significant per - pupil spending reduction in 60 years.
Race to the Top was funded by the $ 4.3 billion allotted for
education in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, commonly know as the «
stimulus package.»
Race to the Top was funded by the $ 4.3 billion allotted for
education in the president's «
stimulus package.»
recognizing the importance of the matter, president Obama and congressional leaders included $ 650 million in the federal
stimulus package for the enhancing
education Through technology (eett) state grant program — 25 percent of which must be used for professional development on the best uses of technology — that will begin flowing to schools later this month.
He protected state and local public employment through the
stimulus package but his Race to the Top
education program was anathema to teachers unions.
That funding is part of roughly $ 100 billion earmarked for
education in the economic -
stimulus package.
In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the economic
stimulus package, provided $ 3 billion for SIGs to help reform persistently low - achieving schools, on top of the $ 546 million that had already been appropriated for fiscal year 2009 for school improvement grants under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act.
The Ryan budget also runs counter to the $ 100 billion injected into
education as part of Obama's
stimulus package.
But during Secretary Duncan's first year in office, in 2009, he granted 315 waivers under NCLB — many linked to the
education aid Congress provided as part of the economic -
stimulus package.
We're seeing the candidates talk about short - term economic
stimulus packages, but what about the fundamentals of our economic engine: our investment in research, and in science and math
education?