Sentences with phrase «of education stimulus»

As the Sept. 30 deadline passed for states and districts to spend the majority of their education stimulus funds, more than $ 2 billion was still left, at least on paper, according to the latest U.S. Department of Education spending report updated through the end of last month.

Ostensibly, the intent of the education stimulus was to keep teachers from losing their jobs.

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).

Yet the recent fiscal stimulus law restricted H - 1B visas, granted to foreigners with advanced education and skills, for employees of firms that receive TARP (bank bailout) money.

If management thought broadly should decide that this is the way forward, that would give valuable stimulus to the application of process thought in education and counseling.

Created Race to the Top: With funds from stimulus, started $ 4.35 billion program of competîtive grants to encourage and reward states for education reform.

Thus a sound education will be a communication of the wisdom of the past, an introduction to the issues of the present, and a stimulus to intelligent and dedicated action for a better future.

In some instances, the federal stimulus plan could make our financial problems worse, by providing temporary financial support for permanent increases in our base - line health care and education spending, that eventually will need new, state - level sources of revenues to support.

«It's outrageous that Palin wants to turn down Alaskans» fair share of federal stimulus money for education, public safety, unemployment services and health programs,» said State Democratic Party Chair Patti Higgins.

In addition to cutting the Department of Education's budget by $ 350 million, the plan replaces $ 853 million of expiring Federal stimulus funding with city money.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- The Wisconsin Senate passed a series of education reform bills Thursday designed to make the state compete for nearly $ 4.5 billion in federal stimulus money.

Hydrofracking, the Middle East, the Obama Stimulus, job creation, taxes, education, the State and national debts, UN Agenda 21, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, were some of the issues of voters addressed during the Forum.

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.

The U.S. Department of Education put guidelines and timelines for the release of the economic - stimulus money on its Web site.

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.

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.

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 eEducation 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 edStimulus: 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 eEducation Week Assistant Editor Michele McNeil on the impact of the 2009 economic - stimulus package on edstimulus package on educationeducation.

As the first year of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ends and the second year begins, Education Week takes a close look at the impact education stimulus dollars have had and sheds light on what the next year wiEducation Week takes a close look at the impact education stimulus dollars have had and sheds light on what the next year wieducation stimulus dollars have had and sheds light on what the next year will bring.

While the nearly $ 100 billion in federal economic - stimulus aid set aside for education has challenged school districts to turn one - time money into long - term reform, this historic influx of funding has also set the stage for long - term — and not necessarily positive — consequences.

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 tEducation 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 teducation, «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.

The U.S. Department of Education launched Race to the Top in 2009, with funds from that year's big stimulus bill.

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.

His U.S. Department of Education received $ 3 billion in «school improvement funds» through the stimulus legislation that might be applied to these activities.

When it comes to the crown jewel of its $ 110 billion in education stimulus spending and the foundation of its efforts to reshape American schooling, an administration rocked by public outcry against backroom deals wants to hide the judging table from the public?

The termination of almost $ 1 billion in federal stimulus funding for education in Pennsylvania was to be offset by only a very modest replacement by the state.

For Philadelphia, the end of the stimulus and the state's decision to offset only a small share of the federal cuts meant a 14 percent drop in state and federal education funding between 2011 and 2012.

The school district could not know exactly what Corbett planned to do with the education budget, but it recognized that a big increase in state funding to offset the elimination of federal stimulus funding was unlikely.

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 U.S. Department of Education has identified four states that are at «high risk» for economic - stimulus spending problems, according to a report issued last week by the Government Accountability Office.

To many education reformers, the passage of the federal government's massive stimulus plan, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), appeared to be a final bright star falling into alignment.

While the nearly $ 100 billion in federal economic - stimulus aid set aside for education has challenged school districts to turn one - time money into lasting reform, this historic influx of funding has also set the stage for long - term — and not necessarily positive — consequences.

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.

In the last three months of 2009, the education portion of the federal economic - stimulus program paid for 329,551 school - related jobs, such as teachers, librarians, and counselors, according to the latest reports that states and school districts filed with the U.S. Department of Eeducation portion of the federal economic - stimulus program paid for 329,551 school - related jobs, such as teachers, librarians, and counselors, according to the latest reports that states and school districts filed with the U.S. Department of EducationEducation.

which is now available at www.EducationNext.org and will appear in the Spring 2010 issue of Education Next, Smarick reviews the impact of the federal government's education stimulus spendingEducation Next, Smarick reviews the impact of the federal government's education stimulus spendingeducation stimulus spending to date.

The Center on Education Policy surveyed districts in the spring and found that 46 percent expect funding decreases of 5 percent or more in the 2011 — 12 school year (the poll asked districts about their «total funds available» for the year, excluding federal stimulus monies).

And with its (relatively) paltry 5 percent of the money, Race to the Top, on balance, is doing American kids a lot more good than the 95 percent of the education «stimulus» funding that wasn't part of it.

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.

As a result of this legislation, over 350,000 education - related jobs were saved, state governments devised ambitious plans to compete for $ 4 billion in «Race to the Top» grants, and the federal government put forth solutions to the problems faced by the nation's weakest schools But the long - term impact of the stimulus money is much more unclear, according to a nationwide review led by the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media and the Education Writers Asseducation - related jobs were saved, state governments devised ambitious plans to compete for $ 4 billion in «Race to the Top» grants, and the federal government put forth solutions to the problems faced by the nation's weakest schools But the long - term impact of the stimulus money is much more unclear, according to a nationwide review led by the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media and the Education Writers AssEducation and the Media and the Education Writers AssEducation Writers Association.

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 stimulusEducation 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 stimuluseducation funding tied to the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and identifies education - related jobs saved as a result of the economic stimuluseducation - related jobs saved as a result of the economic stimulus package.

Obama's early higher - education proposals included a $ 12 billion increase in community - college spending, a doubling of Pell Grant spending over just three years, a new tuition tax credit, and billions in stimulus spending.

Indeed, as early as February 2009 (registration required to read this and the next article) U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan stated that he was contemplating using «stimulus» dollars to drive adoption of national standards, and the CCSSI didn't even formally launch until April of that year.

As states consider whether to apply for the first or second round of Race to the Top Fund grants under the economic - stimulus program, the U.S. Department of Education is emphasizing that they shouldn't worry about being first in line to win a piece of the $ 4 billion being awarded.

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.

A story in the «Schools and the Stimulus» special report published in the Feb. 10, 2010, issue of Education Week inadvertently omitted the last line.

(Andrew Kelly, writing at Rick Hess Straight Up, is right that education spending went up under a Republican Congress in the 1990s, but those increases were in the magnitude of a billion or two of new dollars a year, nothing like the $ 100 billion we saw in last year's stimulus bill or even the $ 10 billion in this year's edujobs payout.)

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.