- June 25, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Having too much money to know what to do with might sound like a good problem to have. But in the case of the historic amount of education funding coming to Colorado, it’s an opportunity we can’t afford to waste.
In March, President Joe Biden signed a massive COVID-19 stimulus plan that provides billions of dollars to K-12 schools. Many school leaders, who are often accustomed to operating on a shoestring budget, are now tasked with the immense responsibility of determining how to spend nearly $130 billion to address the pandemic’s impact on learning.
Tiffany Bray and Joe Kuntner
Initial reports show that many districts plan to spend the money on summer school, tutoring programs, and short-term hiring. While each of these tactics to accelerate learning post-pandemic may have merit in the short term, this extraordinary investment is an opportunity to think bigger about how we can deliver, and sustain, high quality education that prepares students…