ARRA Brings Home Mixed Report Card

Autor/in	McNeil, Michele
Titel	ARRA Brings Home Mixed Report Card
Quelle	In: Education Week, 30 (2011) 20, S.1 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	Economic Impact; Federal Aid; Educational Finance; Federal Legislation; Federal Programs; Program Effectiveness; Educational Improvement; Job Layoff; Retrenchment; Financial Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ökonomische Determinanten; Bildungsfonds; Bundesrecht; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Beurlaubung
Abstract	Two years after Congress made the federal government's largest one-time investment in the nation's public schools, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--the economic-stimulus package--has prevented massive teacher layoffs, spurred states to devise sweeping education overhaul plans, and invigorated the national conversation about turning around the worst-performing schools. Education was one of the biggest beneficiaries of the package signed into law by President Barack Obama on Feb. 17, 2009. The measure ultimately provided a total of $814 billion for a variety of purposes aimed at helping correct the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The emergency aid saved or created an estimated 368,000 school-related jobs during the 2009-10 school year, according to the U.S. Department of Education's accounting of data self-reported by states and school districts. Since states and districts have already spent three-quarters of the education stimulus money, however, and the economic recovery is slow-going, many of those jobs now hang in the balance. Nearly $100 billion in aid saved jobs and spurred state policy overhauls, but the long-term impact remains to be seen as the recovery act reaches its second anniversary. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10