Teachers who don't fulfill that commitment would have to repay some of the money. The bill creates a Job Enhancement Committee to prioritize critical teaching needs, review applications for the bonuses, and award them on a competitive basis. It would be at the expense of English teachers and social studies teachers. I don't think it's fair to them that I would be getting a bonus like that. Gerald Stringfellow, dean of the University of Utah's engineering school, sympathizes but has a different take.
English teachers are important, there is no question about that.
These centers, in collaboration with community partners, will provide enriched learning opportunities in a safe environment for 300,000 children and 100,000 adults outside of regular school hours and during the summer. The 21st Century Community Learning Centers program helps schools stay open longer to provide youth tutoring and homework help, academic enrichment, college prep activities, enrichment through the arts, technology education, drug and violence prevention counseling, supervised recreational opportunities, and services for youth with disabilities. Completed applications are due March 30, 2001. The World Wide Web can be shaped into a vibrant educational tool serving all learners if more money is devoted to research and development and if governments clear away many conflicting and obsolete rules, a federal panel has concluded after a 10-month study. Congress authorized the commission in 1998 to advise lawmakers on how to develop the web as a medium for learning.