Winners and Losers (So Far) in House Appropriations
From the House Appropriations Committee work of last week, comes these results (via Ed Week):
Winners:
Extension of allowing teachers in alternative certification programs to count as "highly qualified" through the 2014-2015 school year. This would include those "higly qualified" TFA 5-week trained teachers.
Losers: organizations, many of whom support disabled/Special Ed students, like the council for Exceptional Children, National Center for Learning Disabilities and the NAACP who do not want the provision extended. Here's what they said:
Absent expiration of the problematic provision ... low-income students, students with disabilities and English-
Winners:
Extension of allowing teachers in alternative certification programs to count as "highly qualified" through the 2014-2015 school year. This would include those "higly qualified" TFA 5-week trained teachers.
Losers: organizations, many of whom support disabled/Special Ed students, like the council for Exceptional Children, National Center for Learning Disabilities and the NAACP who do not want the provision extended. Here's what they said:
Absent expiration of the problematic provision ... low-income students, students with disabilities and English-
