The New Federal Education Policies: California's Challenge

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Coming on the heels of the state's unprecedented budget crisis, the federal stimulus--also known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)--first received attention in California as a source of extra, much needed funding for schools.

In the months since, it has become increasingly clear that the reforms it embodies could have a bigger and more lasting impact than the nearly $8 billion it is providing to public K-12 education in the state.

The education components of the federal stimulus place a strong emphasis on four reform areas:

• Teacher and administrator effectiveness
  
• Data systems
  
• Standards
  
• Turning around low-performing schools

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 13, 2009 2:13 AM
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