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Anne Bubnic

ARRA Stabilization Funding Roundtable for K-12 Education [Webinar] - 0 views

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    Roundtable topic: Accountability, Transparency, Workforce Management and Optimizing Federal Dollars. This webinar will take place on May 12, 2009. 2:00 PM EDT/11:00 AM PDT.
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Libraries Eye Stimulus Money for Their Web Access - 0 views

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    The library association is trying to convince the federal agencies in charge of doling out stimulus grants that libraries are the best way to extend high-speed service to the most people. The group released a survey Tuesday in which nearly 60 percent of libraries said their Internet connections couldn't meet bandwidth demands at peak hours. At the same time, 70 percent said they are the only source of free Internet access in their communities.
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ARRA Implementation Breifing [Webinar] - 0 views

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    On April 1, 2009, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that $44 billion for states and schools is now available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. This funding will lay the foundation for a generation of education reform and help save hundreds of thousands of teaching jobs at risk of state and local budget cuts. On Friday, April 3, 2009, the Secretary convened a briefing for over 150 education association/organization leaders to discuss the implementation of ARRA. The archived webcast was recorded on April 3, 2009.
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Education Dept. Grants Aim To Attract Professionals to Teaching in High-Need Schools - 0 views

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    The United States Department of Education has announced $6.86 million in grants to help attract professionals and recent college graduates (with degrees in disciplines other than education) to careers in K-12 teaching. Dubbed "Transition to Teaching," the program will help "mid-career" professionals and recent grads to become teachers and obtain certification. The grants are being awarded to universities, school districts, and other organizations to "develop and implement comprehensive efforts to train, place and support teacher candidates, either through existing or alternative paths to teacher certification," according to the Education Department. through alternative means.
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2009 Equipment Assistance Grants: National School Lunch Program - 0 views

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    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides a $12.8 million one-time appropriation to California for equipment assistance grants to school food authorities (SFA) participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). The NSLP equipment assistance grants are to improve the infrastructure in the NSLP; however, the authority for the grants was provided in the context of the overall effort to stimulate activity within the American economy.
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Federal Recovery Dollars for Title I & Special Ed [California] - 0 views

  • Establishing a system for identifying and training highly effective teachers to serve as instructional leaders in Title I school wide programs and modifying the school schedule to allow for collaboration among the instructional staff. Providing new opportunities for Title I school-wide programs for secondary school students to use high-quality, online coursework as supplemental learning materials for meeting mathematics and science requirements. Developing and expanding longitudinal data systems to drive continuous improvement efforts focused on increased achievement in Title I schools. Districts are also encouraged to consider using these funds to support and improve preschool and early childhood development programs which are an existing allowable use for Title I.
  • Obtain state-of-the art assistive technology devices and provide training in their use to enhance access to the general curriculum for students with disabilities, including online professional development, online student courses and learning opportunities, and electronic records management for student progress monitoring and data-based decisions for instruction/intervention. Provide intensive district-wide professional development for special education and regular education teachers that focuses on scaling-up, through replication, proven and innovative evidence-based school-wide strategies in reading, math, writing and science, and positive behavioral supports to improve outcomes for students with disabilities. Develop or expand the capacity to collect and use data to improve teaching and learning. Expand the availability and range of inclusive placement options for preschoolers with disabilities by developing the capacity of public and private preschool programs to serve these children. Hire transition coordinators to work with employers in the community to develop job placements for youths with disabilities.
  • . The ARRA SFSF funds provide an opportunity to jump start school reform and improvement efforts while also saving and creating jobs and stimulating the economy. California received $2.56 billion in SFSF for K-12 LEAs.
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    May 4 09: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell today released California Department of Education (CDE) calculations of the amount of Title I funds that local educational agencies (LEAs) in California will receive, as well as the amount of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B funds that Special Education Local Plan Areas (SELPAs) will receive under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
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How Schools Can Use Stimulus Dollars for Lasting Impact [Webinar] - 0 views

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    Access this archive of the April 27th ASCD webinar to learn how the $100 billion of stimulus funds devoted to education programs can be used for school improvement activities, including professional development.
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Obama Budget Reduces Federal Ed Tech Support - 0 views

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    President's 2010 budget plan would REDUCE EDTECH FUNDING by 63 percent--after $650 million in ed-tech stimulus funds. Funding for EETT has declined fairly consistently over the years, from $696 million in 2004 down to its current level of $267.5 million in FY 2008. In 2009, it was up slightly to $269.9. And then, in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA, also known as the "stimulus package"), it received an infusion of $650 million on top of existing funding. It seemed, then, that EETT would be fairly safe under the Obama administration's patronage. So it has come as a surprise to some to see the proposed reduction to EETT in the $47.6 billion education budget proposal, released publicly Thursday.
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Realigning Resources for District Transformation - 0 views

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    Concrete ideas from the Center for American Progress for strategic spending in three key areas-taking stock of current practices, focusing on support for quality instruction, and making transitional investments-in order to give some guidance to those districts seeking to balance the act's short-term focus on preserving jobs with its long-term goals of promoting student achievement.
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Nation Can't Afford Short-Sighted ARRA Spending (Opinion) - 0 views

  • Contrast that with the potential double-whammy from the nearly $8 billion dedicated for building broadband. First, laying fiber is a construction project in itself, so that means jobs right away. But more importantly, it holds the promise of a long-term economic payoff by attracting companies to out-of-the-way towns; it's also a driver for the creation of small businesses.
  • Preach patience. The first funding window for broadband projects started in April, and there will be more opportunities for money through mid-2010. The same lag time holds true for high-speed rail, electronic health records and green technology. These projects might not be built out until 2015. Most of the public doesn't realize this. Someone must tell them.
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    Shovel-ready projects - or not?
Anne Bubnic

Six tips for securing federal stimulus money for your schools - 0 views

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    he passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has provided unprecedented levels of federal funding for education, and it has prompted most grant writers across the country (from all disciplines, not just education) to prepare themselves for a deluge of funding announcements--many of which will require quick turnaround times for proposals.
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New Jersey Program Turning Unemployed Finance Professionals Into Math Teachers - NYTime... - 0 views

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    In March, the State Legislature approved a pilot program that seemed tailor made for her situation. Called Traders to Teachers, it is designed to turn unemployed finance professionals into math teachers in three months. Successful candidates, who are not required to have been math majors, will attend classes free at Montclair State University.
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ARRA SFSF - Entitlements (CA Dept of Education) - 0 views

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    School districts, county offices of education, direct funded charter schools will receive SFSF funding to offset reductions to state general purpose and categorical program funding reduced pursuant to Senate Bill 4 (Chapter 12, Statutes 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session). This search engine allows counties and districts in California to see their estimated allocation for 2009.
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Ed Secy: Stimulus Money is for the Next Two Years - 0 views

  • This is two-year money and so spreading it some—again I don’t have any of the specific details there, but just big picture—spreading it between the years makes a lot of sense.”
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    The top education official in the Obama administration says that federal stimulus dollars for school districts are meant to be spent over two years, which aligns with the position of L.A. school officials in their ongoing political war with employee unions over looming layoffs. The comment by Education Secretary Arne Duncan is significant because unions have been campaigning for district officials to spend as much of the stimulus money as needed to save jobs now. District officials have countered that employees must agree to conditional salary concessions if all jobs are to be saved. District officials have argued that federal stimulus money should be split over two years, in large measure because both years are likely to prove economically dire.
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Detailed Description of use of SFSF Funds - 0 views

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    Detailed Description of Appropriate and Inappropriate use of SFSF Funds. INAPPROPRIATE USES INCLUDE: * Payment of maintenance costs;\n * Stadiums or other facilities primarily used for athletic events or other events which charge for admission;\n * Purchase or upgrade of vehicles;\n * Improvement of stand-alone facilities whose purpose is not to educate students such as central office administration or operations or logistical support facilities; or\n * Financial assistance to students to attend private schools, unless the funds are used to provide special education and related services as authorized by IDEA.
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Explanation of "Maintenance of Effort" (MOE) - 0 views

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    Maintenance of Effort (MOE) is a federal requirement that requires grant recipients and /or sub-recipients to maintain a certain level of state/local fiscal effort to be eligible for full participation in federal grant funding. Grant recipients or sub-recipients not meeting MOE requirements face loss of a portion of their federal funds.
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White House seeks input on education law - 0 views

  • Whatever the administration decides to do, it needs the approval of Congress, which passed the law with broad bipartisan support in 2001 but deadlocked over a rewrite in 2007.
  • Yet Duncan has many criticisms of No Child Left Behind, and he has plenty of company. Opponents insist the law's annual reading and math tests have squeezed subjects like music and art out of the classroom and that schools were promised billions of dollars they never received.Critics also say the law is too punitive: More than a third of schools failed to meet yearly progress goals last year, according to the Education Week newspaper.That means millions of children are a long way from reaching the law's ambitious goals. The law pushes schools to improve test scores each year, so that every student can read and do math on grade level by the year 2014.
  • "What No Child Left Behind did is, they were absolutely loose on the goals," Duncan told the Education Writers Association meeting in Washington. "But they were very tight, very prescriptive on how you get there."I think that was fundamentally backwards," he said.Duncan said the federal government should be "tight" on the goals, insisting on more rigorous academic standards that are uniform across the states. And he said it should be "much looser" in terms of how states meet the goals.
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    Embarking on a "listening tour," Education Secretary Arne Duncan asked teachers, parents and students Tuesday how they would improve No Child Left Behind, the controversial education law championed by former President George W. Bush.
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Stimulus Funds for Educational Technology - 0 views

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    For the first time in many years, regular Title IID funding under NCLB was not eliminated in the President's budget. It has been made clear that with the stimulus funding, there is a need to clearly demonstrate that federal Ed Tech funding is making a difference. Across the US, states are collaborating on focusing the stimulus funding on 21st Century technology rich classrooms and professional development. The end goal is to have students who have attained 21st Century Skills, teachers have access to 21st Century professional development and the effective instructional strategies for engaging students using educational technology. There is an expectation that we are more targeted programs with targeted professional development that changes the way that teachers teach and students learn.
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