The Columbus Education Association is proud to announce that our signing on to Ohio’s Race to the Top (RttT) grant application helped the state win $400 million. The Columbus City Schools will receive $20.5 million over the next four years.
Recently, Columbus City Schools temporarily suspended secondary students’ COTA bus passes. Until last week, the seven year-old program provided more than 17,000 high school students with free rides on COTA buses.
National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel called the time since the last NEA RA meeting a “tough year” in his keynote address on July 3, 2010.
Across the nation (some) states are racing, (some) students are graduating, Ohio’s revenue shortfall is menacing and one Columbus City School …Read the Rest
Ohio is among 35 other applicants competing for federal funding in the second round of Race to the Top (RttT).
The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) funding will expire at the end of fiscal year 2010, leaving many states and school districts scrambling to shore up their finances. Columbus City Schools laid off 113 teachers on Friday, April 23. The National Education Association predicts more than 125,000 educator layoffs will happen in the next three months.
To prevent massive educator layoffs, Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) recently introduced the Keep Our Educators Working Act of 2010. The proposed legislation would provide $23 billion in one-year aid to save education jobs across the nation.
On Friday, Apr. 23, the administration gave layoff notices to 113 teachers. Based on the staff allocations for next school year, there are more teachers than there are positions.
