Deltek Principal Analyst Jason Sajko reports.
Educators and administrators are busy this week trying to recover from Valentine’s Day sugar buzzes in their classrooms, in addition to understanding how President Obama’s proposed FY 2013 budget will affect the future of the U.S. education system. While all of the public sector and public services are experiencing flux and reconsideration, education has found itself at the crossroads of critique and opportunity. Decades-old practices and policies have mired the evolution of classrooms and school days, the disfavor of No Child Left Behind has clogged state planning, and a major economic downturn has cut funding to schools. Sounds pretty bleak, or is it a tipping point that the Obama administration is seizing as an opportunity to revolutionize American education and economic development? The latter seems to be the case upon review of this administration’s decisions and policies thus far, and now with the release of the president’s proposed FY 2013 budget.
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