Screw the Feds! Onward to reform!
So we did not get the Race to the Top funds. Many are asking now what?–as if our future rested on securing these funds. What has been the reaction in the trenches to the bad news? Cue the crickets. School is in full swing, teachers are dealing with new students and curriculum, and many schools are dealing with massive layoffs.
It is disappointing to see some leaders revel in the bad news by making dubious claims that SB 191 was supposed to make the state a shoe-in for the funds. This is disappointing because they miss the point of SB 191. It wasn’t about securing our chances. It was about reforming how we evaluate teachers.
Yes, the funds would have assisted in implementation of the new evaluation system. So I say screw the Feds (no I am not now writing for the Independence Institute!). It is time for our state legislators to raise revenues to pay for reforms that are necessary to improve student achievement. We also need to defeat the draconian 60 and 61 amendments and proposal 101 that would make the loss of the Race funds look like losing change in the cushions of your couch. Let’s not dwell on what might have been. Let’s not lose our focus!
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