Mentoring and early college preparation are key strategies to help at-risk youth succeed in college. Denies help to 5,000 schools to make urgently needed repairs. Fails to create smaller classes for as many as 2.9 million young children. The House appropriation backs away from the bipartisan agreement to hire 100,000 new teachers and jeopardizes the federal commitment to continue support for the 29,000 teachers already hired. Research shows that small classes in the early grades help students master the basics and raise student achievement.
Research shows that teacher quality is a key indicator of student performance.
Refuses as many as 1.6 million children extended learning opportunities in safe, drug-free environments. Extended learning time is an essential strategy to help all students master challenging academic material. Fails to narrow the digital divide through Community Technology Centers. Denies hundreds of thousands of teachers training in modern learning technologies. States and localities use this funding to intervene in low-performing schools to turn them around and provide greater public school choice for their students.