Sunday, August 21, 2011

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: EDUCATION BUDGET CUTS IMPERIL REFORM :: CEP Report: Strained Schools Face Bleak Future

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: EDUCATION BUDGET CUTS IMPERIL REFORM :: CEP Report: Strained Schools Face Bleak Future

EDUCATION BUDGET CUTS IMPERIL REFORM :: CEP Report: Strained Schools Face Bleak Future

Districts Foresee Budget Cuts, Teacher Layoffs, and a Slowing of Education Reform Efforts

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In this Huffington Post blog, posted on June 30, 2011, Jack Jennings discusses the findings from the CEP report, Strained Schools Face Bleak Future: Districts Foresee Budget Cuts, Teacher Layoffs, and a Slowing of Education Reform Efforts:

As the United States struggles to recover from the financial collapse of 2008-10, the newest casualty may be the promising reforms taking root in public schools across the country. The irony is that business leaders are calling with greater urgency for improvements in schooling, which they see as a precondition to rejuvenating our sputtering economy. But instead of accelerating, reform is slowing