Programs That Tie Funds to Effectiveness Are at Risk
The Obama administration has expanded the home-visiting program created by the Bush administration.
By ANNIE LOWREY
Published: December 2, 2011
WASHINGTON — Policy experts and academics consider home-visiting programs — where nurses counsel teenage mothers and other at-risk parents — to be among the most effective social interventions. The programs slash the incidence of neglect, bolster infant health and in some cases save taxpayers money by cutting costs.
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Programs like Head Start do not make money contingent on results.
But not all programs follow best practices, or even track their results. To tackle that problem — to make the initiatives more effective and accountable — the Bush administration created a pilot program tying federal financing to policy
Bloomberg’s Remarks on Teachers Draw Scrutiny
Mayor Hits Nerve in Remarks on Class Sizes and Teachers
By MARY ANN GIORDANO and ANNA M. PHILLIPS
Published: December 2, 2011
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg faced tough questions for a second day Friday on comments he made about two of the most sensitive issues in New York City education: teacher quality and class sizes.
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Speaking on Tuesday to students at M.I.T., the mayor said that in his ideal world he would fire half the city’s teachers and pay those remaining twice as much to teach classes double the current size.