Is the Stimulus Meeting Its K-12 Goals?
Sponsor: Education Week
Start Date: 02/12/2010
Start Time: 12:00pm
End Time: 1:00pm
Time Zone: Pacific Time
Description: The unprecedented $100 billion in education aid contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act had two goals: to stave off potentially draconian cuts to staff and programs, and to change America’s schools in ways aimed at improving student achievement for years to come. More than a year after the law’s enactment, where do we stand? How have districts and states used the money for economic recovery and educational change? What have been their challenges in spending so much money in a short time frame? And what do we have to look forward to in the second year of the law? Join two experts for an in-depth discussion of what the stimulus money is accomplishing.
Guests:
Maura Policelli, special assistant to Deputy Secretary of Education Tony Miller, U.S. Department of Education
Jack Jennings, president and chief executive officer, the Center on Education Policy
This webinar will be moderated by Alyson Klein, staff writer, Education Week