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Blog Posts By Anthony_Cody
Teacher-blogger Anthony Cody offers the last in a series of six guest blogs on the impact of the Federal Stimulus on public education. Read the previous five blogs here:
- I: The Economy, the Stimulus, and Politics – from a Teacher’s Point of View (Ken Bernstein)
- II: Budget Crisis in Education: California, Oakland, One School (Anthony Cody)
- III: The Economic Impact in Two School Districts (Ken Bernstein)
- IV: Economic Impact on Teacher Pay (Anthony Cody)
- V: Education - After the Conference Report (Ken Bernstein)
How would YOU spend $5 Billion?
In the last version of the Federal Stimulus bill there is $200 million for Districts that want to institute some form of performance pay for excellent teachers. There is funding for training and recruiting great teachers to high needs schools. There is another $100 million to figure out ways to alleviate chronic shortages of teachers.
But this is small change compared to the $5 billion new Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has been awarded, that he can spend at his discretion through what he is calling his “Race to the Top Fund.” http
So how would YOU spend $5 billion on our schools?
Here are some ideas:
Urban Teacher Residencies. As my last post described, one huge problem we face in urban districts is the level of teacher turnover. Intern programs have ...
In this fourth guest blog posting on the economy, schools and the stimulus, teacher-blogger Anthony Cody responds to Ken Bernstein's account of the economy's impact on two school districts in the Washington, DC area. (You can read the first and second postings in this series here and here.)
Ken Bernstein makes connections between education cuts and job losses and thus the broader economy. So let me try to drill down a bit into one aspect of school finance that people may need to understand better. The effects of teacher pay.
Recent educational reform has revolved around the idea that all students can learn at high levels, and that our schools should transform into places that set high expectations for everyone. We are building up dreams for our students. But these dreams come crashing down when their schools cannot retain teachers, and they are taught by poorly prepared substitutes, or revolving sets of novice interns. ...
Earlier today, teacher/blogger Ken Bernstein offered his perspective of the current financial crisis, its impact on the nation's schools, and Congressional debate over the stimulus package that, after several iterations, seems to speeding towards adoption.
Now, Anthony Cody offers his account of the financial meltdown's effects on a single state, district and school.
Cody is a National Board Certified Teacher and secondary science coach in the Oakland CA city schools. He writes about education policy regularly at his blog “Living in Dialogue,” hosted at the Teacher Magazine website.
Anthony is a member of the Teacher Leaders Network and co-organizer of Accomplished California Teachers (ACT), a virtual network aimed at developing teacher leadership and influencing educational policy locally and at the state level.
When we hear about budget crises these days, the numbers are so immense that we lose track of their meaning where it counts, in the classrooms. California’s budget is up in the air, but the latest proposals from the ...
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