From the Tribune:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/education/s_696868.html
At educational committee meetings earlier this summer administrators stated that applications meeting specific requirements (turnaround, transform or close schools or replace them w/ charters) were now needed to obtain money that could previously be obtained without these requirements. However, the article indicates that about 85% of the money awarded to the state as a whole is stimulus money.
The article notes that about half the requested amount was received. It is not clear which plans will be scaled back.
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Jodi Weigand is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer can be reached at 412-320-7910 or via e-ma
Maybe many parents hould communicate to her via contact and encourage her to do an in-depth study of pros and cons of PPS.
Pros and cons of PPS would be a very broad topic! The reporters seem to like especiallly to build their stories around a specific piece of news such as a vote taken, a result released, etc.
From Trib Article 8-25-10
"In its application, Pennsylvania said it would designate $15 million to Pittsburgh Public Schools, which announced earlier this month it was relying, in part, on Race to the Top money to fund two academies to train new teachers and provide continuing education. The district plans to pay for the academies using other federal grants it is seeking, but Superintendent Mark Roosevelt conceded the district "will have to cut back on some of what we're hoping to do."
So it sounds like the plans that were recently approved envisioned $15M in Race to the Top funds and $30M in stimulus and Title I money, or $45M total, but only $15M was actually received.
PA did NOT get "The Race to the Top" money, so PPS will not receive the $15 million for the teacher training academies. I'm not sure which "$15 million was actually received."
It was the $14.7M mentioned in the Trib article at the start of this post- Pittsburgh's share of the stimulus and Title I money received by the state.
Thanks for clarifying.
That's ok, I am sure Mr.Roosevelt and his legions will find other ways to thin out the teacher herd.
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