He accused the president of needlessly cutting financing for teacher training, bilingual education, school construction and after-school programs.
Pronouncing teachers "the whole lifeblood of the education system," Mr. Bush said he would increase financing for teacher training by $400 million annually, to $2.4 billion.
The 2011 federal education budget doubles the financing for teacher training through a $235 million fund that will go to both alternative and traditional preparation programs focused on high-needs schools and subjects.
Part of that would go to greater financing for teacher training, as well as bolstering a program that recruits retired military personnel to become teachers and a plan to allow a tax deduction of up to $400 a year for teachers who spend their own money on supplies.
Michael V. McGill, the Scarsdale superintendent, said the baseline budget had left a hole in financing for a teacher training center the district runs largely with state money.
About half of those states have been required to rewrite financing formulas, improve teacher training and do whatever it takes to provide all children with access to quality schools.
Brad Duggan, the executive director of an independent research organization that tracks school performance in Texas, Just for the Kids, said that test scores have risen markedly in those poor districts that received additional money and then used it to finance early childhood programs, teacher training and teachers' raises.
However, according to the teachers, it was difficult to initiate a systemic change in Vietnam, because of issues related to finance, educational policies, administrations, teacher training, teacher abilities, and so on.
Our programs work to improve health policies, systems and services, teacher training, education finance, national curriculum, student assessment, and school governance.
The board recommended taking a variety of steps to reverse these trends, including improvements in equipment, teacher training and financing in science programs from kindergarten through undergraduate levels.
