Incentives a Priority for New Secretary of Education

Autor/in	Klein, Alyson
Titel	Incentives a Priority for New Secretary of Education
Quelle	In: Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 74 (2009) 8, S.9-12 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-127X
Schlagwörter	Teacher Effectiveness; Federal Legislation; Educational Quality; Nonprofit Organizations; Grants; Incentives; Interviews; Preschool Education; Educational Improvement; Labor Turnover; Teacher Recruitment; Educational Change; Incentive Grants; Academic Achievement; National Standards + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Bundesrecht; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Nonprofit-Organisation; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Anreiz; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Lehrerrekrutierung; Bildungsreform; Finanzieller Anreiz; Schulleistung
Abstract	U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says he is eager to use a proposed $15 billion federal incentive-grant fund in part to reward states, districts, and even nonprofit organizations that have set high standards for the students they serve. Duncan's comments came in an interview in which he named as priorities reauthorization of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB); expansion of prekindergarten programs; and improvements in teacher quality, recruitment, and retention. The education incentive-grant money would be available to Duncan under both versions of the economic-stimulus package working its way through Congress. While language in the House and Senate bills outlines how the incentive fund should be used, both bills appear to give some latitude to the secretary of education in allocating the money. The $15 billion fund is a relatively small slice of the more than $120 billion slated for education programs under the stimulus legislation, but it presents an unusual opportunity for the new secretary. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10