Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) proposed the “Keep our Educators Working Act of 2010” bill that would provide $23 billion to extend the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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These Dreams…
Children with a dream are counting on all of us.
March to the Census
I’m a teacher. I know what counts. And in the month of March, what counts – literally – is the Census.
State of the Hopeful Union
My friend said to me, “I missed the President’s speech. What’d he say? Give me hope.” Ok. He talked a lot about jobs. She said, “Jobs? Give me hope about schools!” I reminded her that he gave us a down-payment on his promise to make education a priority by not only including jobs protection in [...]
Tiny Bubbles
They’re the kids who didn’t quite hit the cut score on the No Child Left tests the previous year. Or those that just barely hit it. The goal was to get off the Adequate Yearly Progress Shame List where her school had been placed because not enough of their students had hit the cut score
