Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Ed Tech Funding

I taught in TX for a short while but was very impressed with the standards and funding.  So when I came across this article about the very deep cuts, more so than CA for the next school year I was interested.  It talks about the BILLIONS they will be short next year and some of the cuts, especially to the ed tech funds they will suffer.  It got me thinking more and more about education funding and patterns I've noticed.  In my state of Colorado each  student funding is supposed to be cut by $500 and $600.  So class sizes will increase and non-essential teachers will be cut.  I was a non-essential teacher for 5 years, I taught in a computer lab. 4 of the 5 yrs I was part time and they only had a certified teacher in the lab because we were a low performing Title 1 school that got a lot of money thrown at us.  Most schools in our district have a para making $9 an hour in the computer lab, not to say they are not qualified, but they are mostly showing kids fun stuff on the computer and not working with teachers on quality lessons (in my opinion and from what I've seen).  I had a serious debate with  myself about home schooling my 5 year old next year.  She has 25 in her class now and it's only going be to worse next year.  I just kept saying to myself "This is not good enough for her."  It makes me so sad to think that public school, which I have been a huge advocate for, is not good enough for my daughter.  This degree in Ed Tech might be great but if no one has the money to hire me, than I don't know if it will do me any good.
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  1. CRMarch 4, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    It worries me also about having a new degree, but no job to match it.

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  2. Karen IMarch 4, 2011 at 5:43 PM

    Tracy, how true. We are supposed to increase the use of technology in education, but then they are cutting technology funding (and possibily grants); and in today's world of technology, technology teachers are being cut (or not replaced)because they are noncore. Technology supports all subjects.

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  3. Kim BMarch 5, 2011 at 8:45 AM

    You bring up some valid points. We are working hard to find great ways to utilize technology in the classroom, but we have little money to work with. Guess many of us will have to become good grant writers too.

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  4. T. CobianMarch 5, 2011 at 9:23 AM

    You might even consider an online school! There are several k-12 online schools that are popping up. I know what you are talking about. I moved back to Missouri from California to go to Grad school and to educate my child. I looked at private schools in San Diego but they were just too expensive. The one I wanted to send her to was 30k a year...craziness.

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  5. SavitriMarch 20, 2011 at 6:19 AM

    Very interesting post and quite a sad thing. I do hope education gets better because I have little ones but if not, I guess the only thing I can do if I can't find any other option is to supplement on my own. On a professional level, I'd like to be able to work in the field again after we return but I guess we'll see...

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