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By Tracy Crow
April 2017
Vol. 38 No. 2
As we wrap up this issue of The Learning Professional, the Trump administration has just issued its budget proposal. As anticipated, it includes many cuts, including in education. Of particular interest for learning leaders is the full elimination of Title II funding. Title II covers, among other things, professional learning, coaches, and instructional support. Those funds typically support districts in hiring staff who support teachers to be their most effective — helping them to implement evidence-based instructional strategies in literacy or math practices, for example. The funds also support participation in externally sponsored learning opportunities, new teacher mentors, teacher leadership programs, principal leadership development, and so much more related to building educator capacity throughout an organization or district. On the radio this morning, I heard

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References

Garrison, M. (2017, March 17). What federal budget cuts could mean for America’s school system. Marketplace Radio. Available at www.marketplace.org/2017/03/17/economy/mid-day-update/031717-mdu.


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Tracy Crow served as chief strategy officer for Learning Forward.


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