Andrea Gabor: States Should Not Forsake the Neediest Children When Setting Budgets
Andrea Gabor spells out what many educators and parents fear: the collapse of state revenues will endanger our most vulnerable children. After 20 years of pouring billions into testing and consultants, let’s see how many “reformers” demand smaller classes and insist on protecting school funding.
How many state leaders will have the will and the courage to protect the children?
She begins:
The New York State budget recently signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered a one-two punch to public schools. It wiped out the benefits of $716.9 million in federal stimulus aid and hit poor school districts hardest
New York’s double-whammy could be replayed in states nationwide as the coronavirus pandemic devastates state and local finances. In Massachusetts, business groups are recommending that the state delay meeting the obligations of last year’s ground-breaking school-funding law, which called for $1.5 billion in extra spending over CONTINUE READING: Andrea Gabor: States Should Not Forsake the Neediest Children When Setting Budgets | Diane Ravitch's blog