A Work-Around for Edu-Jobs?
Edu-jobs. For the past month or so, we have been hearing how our K-12 public school systems need $23 billion in emergency funding from the federal government in order to keep teachers across the nation in jobs this fall. EdSec Arne Duncan has made passioned pleas on Capitol Hill for such funding. The teachers unions have stood behind Duncan's request in a way far stronger than they have ever supported the EdSec. And House leaders like Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (CA) and Appropriations Chairman David Obey (WI) have echoed the calls and urged their fellow leaders on the Hill to ask, "what about the teachers?"
To date, though, Congress has resisted. Many senators, wary of spending more and more money, have refused to move the issue forward. They even cite the absence of edu-jobs from President Obama's request for emergency funding from Congress. Despite the best of intentions, right now, it seems like efforts to fund edu-jobs aren't going anywhere.
It all has Eduflack thinking. In February of 2009, the U.S. Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a $787 billion spending bill designed to help states and localities IMMEDIATELY deal with the budget shortfalls and shrinking coffers just about everyone was facing. By spring, we saw roadside signs
To date, though, Congress has resisted. Many senators, wary of spending more and more money, have refused to move the issue forward. They even cite the absence of edu-jobs from President Obama's request for emergency funding from Congress. Despite the best of intentions, right now, it seems like efforts to fund edu-jobs aren't going anywhere.
It all has Eduflack thinking. In February of 2009, the U.S. Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a $787 billion spending bill designed to help states and localities IMMEDIATELY deal with the budget shortfalls and shrinking coffers just about everyone was facing. By spring, we saw roadside signs
