The U.S. Department of Education’s 2010 fiscal year budget of $47.6 billion includes an allocation of $517 million dedicated to the Teacher Incentive Fund which rewards principals, teachers, and other school personnel who raise student achievement, close achievement gaps and work hard to staff schools. The Department of Education fosters educational excellence, and to ensures equal access to educational opportunity for all. On the second issue regarding balance between jobs and school, a certain solution would be to acquire a degree online. The minimum educational requirement to pursue an education specialist degree is 60 hours of graduate credit, which might include a master’s degree.
According to an annual report by Sloan Consortium, a group of organizations dedicated to quality online education, bad economic times often have a good impact on education. As demanding as it is to study online, it is way easier to follow online classes than missing classes …