AASA inspires NY Times editorial

 

A  May 5 editorial entitled “Saving the Teachers” calls for Congress to pass the $23 billion education jobs bill, and buttresses its position with these words: "The need for a second school stimulus plan was underscored on Monday by a new analysis from the American Association of School Administrators, which reported that cash-strapped districts were prepared to cut as many 275,000 jobs in the 2010-2011 school year." 

The editorial is clear evidence of the power of association-generated data to help sway public opinion for policymakers to act now on a second school stimulus for desperate local districts and their leaders.

 Read the New York Times editorial at www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/opinion/06thu2.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y

Note: AASA is advocating for this bill.  Read their analysis in the AASA Legislative Action Center at www.aasa.org.

The Education Commission of the States has estimated  the total funds that would be allocated to and the numbers of jobs saved in each state. Read the analysis at www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/85/25/8525.pdf.