Ed Dept: $437 million in teacher incentive grants
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Education will give $437 million in competitive grants to districts that reward teachers for improving student achievement in high-need schools.
The fund was authorized in 2006 and is available to school districts, nonprofits and states. It has been implemented in 109 school districts so far, and the new push will award about 40 to 80 more grants.
The National Education Association, the country's largest teacher union has
Education chief says 300,000 teachers could lose jobs
O’Malley post cites ‘good of the child’
Education chief says 300,000 teachers could lose jobs
US Education Secretary Arne Duncan warned yesterday that as many as 300,000 teachers nationwide, including 4,000 teachers in Massachusetts, could lose their jobs this year if Congress does not provide additional money to aid struggling states and municipalities.
O’Malley post cites ‘good of the child’
Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, commenting for the first time on a Hingham Catholic school’s decision to revoke admission of the 8-year-old son of a lesbian couple, said yesterday that “the good of the child’’ must be the church’s primary concern and recalled that he once invited the daughter of a brothel manager to attend a Catholic school.