Loss of teacher data grant could affect state chances for federal education funding

08-11-2011

By Diana Lambert/Sacramento Bee

Five years ago, California education officials jumped aboard the data bandwagon. Nudged by federal mandates and competition for federal school dollars, California applied for and won a $6 million competitive federal grant to develop a data system to track teacher information, similar to a system the state is developing to track student information. Last week federal officials stripped the state of the entire three-year grant for the California Longitudinal Teacher Integrated Data Education System, or CALTIDES, after Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed $2.1 million in funding for it in this year's budget. The consequences of that action are far-reaching, according to Gloria Romero, California director of Democrats for Education Reform, saying it will hurt the state's chances of receiving millions of dollars in federal Race to the Top funds. (more...)

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