Also this past week the Governor has encouraged local school districts to be transparent in their reporting of financial and budgetary information. We certainly applaud the Governor's effort and have consistently been attempting to do exactly that ourselves. While we hope that is has been obvious and there is a great deal of budget information on our District website under Budget Update and Budget Information. More specifically, the Governor requested reporting on:
- The amount of money going to our classroom instruction (teachers, etc.) -- which we have previously reported -- on slide #13 on page #7 on our website -- which is significantly above any state requirement.
- Additionally, there is the actual state report (along with many others) that is available on the website for public review and information.
"...21st century model that responds to the global competition." What exactly does that mean?
ReplyDeleteDid we not qualify for the RTTT money because we won't tie our teachers to the kids test scores and classroom performance in any way?
I don't think it had much to do with the issue regarding tying test scores to teacher performance. We only missed the mark by 17 points, just below Ohio.
ReplyDeleteThis is from the Educatedguess.org blog. It states that there were three problematic areas with California's RTTT application.
ReplyDelete"lack of union support for the application; a troubled statewide data system that lags behind other states; and uncertainty whether the state could deliver commitments to create more effective teachers and principals."