严格的教育预算是将创新的老师准备程序岌岌可危,导致轮老师解雇。本周进展提供如何削减预算的例子有上演在地上。

去年在洛杉矶,the Los Angeles Teaching Fellows Program (run by The New Teacher Project) was energetically recruiting professionals including teachers, bankers and engineers into second careers as teachers. This year, the program has been unable to place nearly one sixth of their newly minted teachers into classrooms, as fully-credentialed teachers (who have come out of the woodwork in the bad economy) have taken all the slots. Needless to say, the 100 recruits who are now jobless are frustrated and angry.

巴尔的摩正面临5200万美元的赤字,预计地区招生,是由成千上万的学生,和即将到来的要求高素质的教师提供不让一个孩子掉队。本周地区意识到它可以很容易地把83年的老师让他们的教学证书失效后多个警告。该地区仍有300剩余的老师。处理剩余的选择不太可能不头痛。

最后,康涅狄格几年前开发成功教育学区和学校之间的伙伴关系计划给未来的教师走进教室之前更多的经验。这样的项目(2001年约有50人)在康涅狄格州新教师的发展很重要,经常吹捧为老师准备的展示NCTAF等团体。由于预算削减,康涅狄格州不再是管理甚至跟踪这些项目;但合作的数量下降是由于缺乏资金。