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Will debt deal slow states' education agendas?
- 08-04-2011
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Blog by Sean Cavanagh/Education Week
The congressional deal to approve raising the federal debt ceiling could cut the flow of some federal money to states, education advocates warn. And that slowdown could hinder states that are pushing for ambitious—and sometimes expensive—changes in teacher evaluation, assessment, academic standards, and other areas, an official for a top state schools organization says. States have been major laboratories for change in those areas, noted Chris Minnich, the senior membership director for the Council of Chief State School Officers, in Washington. But those changes cost money, and given the battered condition of state budgets, governors, legislators, and others will be forced to make tough choices about what programs to fund. Those choices will come at a time when many states are at a critical point in developing new strategies to pay and evaluate teachers and make other policy changes. (more...)
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