? No Cost Summer School or Other Remediation Activities
Sleep through math class all year? No problem! The state will pay for you to attend summer school for free.
? Learn and Earn Online
Governor Easley’s swan song. Learn and Earn goes statewide, unlike charter schools.
? Funds for School Technology Pilot
Eight high schools will split at least $3 million to beef up school technology, because the more technology students use, the smarter they will be.
? Dropout Prevention Grants
This is the brainchild of Speaker Hackney. A new Committee on Dropout Prevention will give $150,000 grants to the education establishment.
? 21st Century Literacy Coaches
An expansion of a program that is already in place. The idea – teach teachers how to teach reading, even though they should have already been taught how to teach reading, especially if they will be teaching reading. And, no, I do not know what makes a literacy coach a “21st century” literacy coach.
