"Although we commend the effort to provide funding for cash-strapped school districts so they may save educator jobs, this should not be done at the expense of these vital programs," they wrote.
The law also included emergency funding to support about 300,000 educator jobs, more than 4,600 law enforcement positions and investments in the clean energy sector that supported 224,500 jobs through 2010.
The austerity caused by years of budget cuts is real -- close to 300,000 educator jobs have been lost since 2008, at the same time more children have become poor, stressed and needy -- requiring even more from schools stretched thin.
While this plan appears to be withdrawn, its wastefulness certainly underscores how federal money could be put to good use; at five years of $200 million a year, New York could not only teach all its pre-diabetics proper self-care while financing some 400,000 health educator jobs -- almost enough to employ every jobless New Yorker!
The notion immediately intrigued the avid traveler who then attended an international educators job fair.
On any given day, 30 to 50 young people show up at the center for tutoring sessions with teachers and retired educators, job interview training and field trips to museums or the movies.
Legislators should pass along at least $600 million from the federal government to help save educators' jobs across the state, as Mr. Paterson is asking.
Obama's proposal could save as many as 280,000 educators' jobs, according to administration officials.
That's what President Obama did, saving 400,000 educators' jobs and giving states the flexibility to shape their schools.
Current research for effective teaching practices is developing in the education field, especially for classroom inclusion, but it is educator's job to implement it into the individual child's curriculum.
