ARRA Funding Focus

“Anything is possible, everything is not,” is reinforced by a wide spectrum of education experts in Smart Options: Investing the Recovery Funds for Student Success.  The 2009 Washington, D.C., conference report recommends, “focus, focus, focus,” and lists in detail specific ideas for spending ARRA funds that could provide dramatic education improvements.

The guidelines expressed in this report (available from the link below) now form the cornerstone for Department of Education goals.  The four priorities outlined by the Dept of Ed are:            

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  • Standards and Assessments
  • Effective Teachers and Leaders
  • Data Systems
  • Assistance for Struggling Schools


Is your state one of the 21 that can match teacher performance data
with student performance data?

ClassMate:  the Data System Designed Exclusively for CTE

ClassLink ClassMate® is the only student information and curriculum management software expressly designed to meet the needs of Career and Technical Education.

The most comprehensive product available for career and technical education, ClassMate features a wide array of functionality to help staff establish standardized policies and procedures, promoting school-wide accountability, while achieving compliance with key federal and state legislation.  

Through ClassMate, CTE administrators, teachers and counselors are able to easily access tools to organize and analyze student performance, assessment, and curriculum mapping data like never before. No matter how large or small your CTE, ClassMate has a solution for you. 

To read the entire report or to find out more about ClassMate, click here.

* Smart Options: Investing the Recovery Funds for Student Success, Washington, D.C., April 2009