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School of hard financial knocks
- 09-22-2011
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By Mc Nelly Torres/Florida Center for Investigative Reporting
As part of the 2009 economic stimulus package, millions of federal dollars flowed to Florida’s public school districts. The money was intended to benefit low-performing schools as way of closing the so-called achievement gap. Though President Obama’s ambitious education agenda included saving teachers’ jobs and renovating classrooms with funds from the economic recovery bills, his vision was also to accelerate improvement in schools. “Every dollar we spend must advance reforms and improve learning,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in 2009. “We are putting real money on the line to challenge every state to push harder and do more for its children.” But with the aid of federal waivers, school districts were allowed to divert money from education reform to patch holes in general operating budgets. (more...)
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