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Zubrzycki, Jaclyn – Education Week, 2012
Three big-city districts--Chicago, Milwaukee, and New York--have terminated federal grants aimed at promoting performance-based compensation plans and professional development for teachers and principals. Overall, the 2010 Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grants to the three districts would have provided an $88 million payout over five years--nearly 7…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Unions
New America Foundation, 2011
President Barack Obama submitted his third budget request to Congress on February 14th, 2011. The detailed budget request includes proposed funding levels for federal programs and agencies in aggregate for the upcoming 10 fiscal years, and specific fiscal year 2012 funding levels for individual programs subject to appropriations. Congress will use…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Public Agencies, Federal Aid, Budgets