2. New Preschool Program. ESSA would establish a new preschool program to be housed at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and jointly administered by the Department of Education. ($250 million annually)
3. Presidential Academies for the Teaching of American History and Civics. ESSA would create the academies to provide professional development to improve the teaching of history and civics to between 50 and 300 teachers annually. It would also establish Congressional Academies, a similar initiative geared toward high school juniors and seniors. ($6.5 million annually)
4. Family Engagement in Education Program. ESSA reconstitutes the former Parental Information Resource Centers into the Family Engagement in Education Program to “carry out parent education, and family engagement in education, programs.” ($10 million annually)
5. New STEM Master Teacher Corps. ESSA would establish a new Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Master Teacher Corps program, to create a network of STEM leaders. ($9.3 million annually)
6. Reconstituted SIG Grants. The School Improvement Grant (SIG) program, created through the “stimulus,” is eliminated, but Title I funding grows, and its “set-aside” allowance goes from 4 percent to 7 percent, keeping SIG functions effectively intact. (As much as $1 billion of Title I funds annually)
___I am against Federal involvement in education. Items 3 and 4 could easily be used for propaganda use. Billions of dollars have been already spent to upgrade technology. It is too late to now consider the “effective use of technology!” The “safe and healthy students” might be great if all students in all 50 states actually like the same healthy diet! Who determines what constitutes “well-rounded educational opportunities?” Successful STEM teachers should be rewarded. What constitutes "school improvement?" Every human being is different. Comparing this year's millions with last year's is not scientific. Statistics is the third type of lies!
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