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From: "Bonnie Bracey" <BBracey@xxxxxxx>
To:  <K12ADMIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 04:11:06 EST
Subject: The Zero Percent Solution

THE ZERO-PERCENT SOLUTION?

At the heart of the new education law is its promise of a "highly
qualified" teacher in every public school classroom by 2006. According to
Reg Weaver, this is an extremely ambitious goal, given the nearly 200,000
noncertified teachers now concentrated mostly in schools serving poor,
minority, and immigrant children. Yet the Administration has proposed
cutting funding for teacher quality programs. How can this be? If you want
to discover the difference between superb public schools and struggling
public schools, follow the money. For example, Connecticut spends nearly
50 percent more per student than Mississippi. Guess which state has a
proven record of excellent public schools? The Bush Administration
promised major new funding to give high-poverty schools a fighting chance
to meet the higher academic standards required by the law. Now, however,
Washington is proposing to back away from this commitment. The
Administration has proposed what amounts to a zero-percent solution: no
new funding. Congress has been instructed to freeze overall federal
education spending at last year's levels. Funding for the new federal law,
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, would actually be cut by $90
million.  Forty education programs -- including dropout prevention, school
counselors, and rural education -- would be eliminated.
http://www.nea.org/columns/rw030126.html

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