Monday's Panel for Educational Policy meeting covered three topics. Presentations are available here:
English Language Learners Update
The ELL Performance Report for 2007-2008 is still not available although some statistics are provided here.
Federal Stimulus Bill
The DOE has looked closely at what funds will be available and intends to compete aggresively for discretionary funds, including the $650 million in "Innovation Funds". Given the apparent education priorities of the Obama administration, the focus for grants will likely include technology, testing, teacher merit pay and charter schools.
Technology Update
I checked the PDF of the stimulus package. $940 million for NY is very generous. I think that students, being the future of the planet and not just the country, should never be denied of their rights to things such as education and nutrition.
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