Our latest Town Hall is in the La Salle, Putnam and Bureau County area was another great success.  Use this link to see the media coverage, videos (coming soon) and to sign up for our next newsletter.  Thanks to everyone who attended, and to the North Central Regional Betterment Coalition for co-hosting the event.

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The National Governor’s Association says only innovative human capital reforms will insure the future health of our economy and our competitiveness with other nations. In a new report, the NGA calls for fundamental changes in the way teachers and principals are recruited, trained, certified, evaluated and compensated. In the words of NGA Chair Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell “To improve student achievement and outcomes, states must invest strategically in our education workforce.”

Here is the press release page from the nga.org.
Here is the Education Week article. (Article access compliments of edweek.org)
Here is a pdf of the report.

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Here are a few ways to find out more about the education-related portions of the federal budget, released Thursday by the White House.

- The Washington Post focuses on how the budget invests in teacher merit pay programs.

- Catalyst focuses on the impact in Chicago and Illinois.

- Politics K-12 notes some school districts may find that money they counted on has been cut.

- For the full account, here is the Dept. of Education’s summary page.

- Finally, did you know the Dept. of Education had a liaison to the U.N., based in Paris? The LA Times says: Not any more.

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