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This is actually what happens when states gut public education. This is actually what happens when the federal government cancels grants: a talented educator leaves the classroom--and kids get less literate.

Not sure where I want to end this thread, other than to refer all of the edu-pundits who allegedly care about literacy and "out-of-control" education spending to it.

This is partially a funding problem--if the federal grant hadn't randomly evaporated, if the state could backstop it. But it's also a nihilism problem. Her state is gutting public education. I know there are similar stories across her state and across the country.

Just a deeply frustrating situation. I don't blame the district. They want to keep her. They know her value. She also wants to keep living in her tightly-knit community and supporting her students. She wants to do this work.

She's also thinking about HER future. The school year hasn't even started yet, and she's wondering if she should:
1. Take a regular teaching job
2. Leave public education and do consulting work (already has offers)

So now this teacher suddenly finds herself spread incredibly thin, no time to iterate and build capacity, anxious about the year, not sure how she'll manage between 3 campuses, assumes her students (who were making so much progress) will suffer.

1. Continue intervention work at HS.
2. Start doing intervention work at alt HS.
3. Start teaching 2 sections of English at MS.
4. Start doing intervention work at MS.

After layoffs, it's the only way they can keep her.

Her position was funded by a federal grant...and that funding has disappeared. Her state is also slashing education spending. Her district desperately wants to keep her...so they are. But here's her new job description:

You might think that the state would notice and try to support her to scale and spread this work. You might think she'd have the opportunity to iterate on this relatively new model. Maybe she can do some capacity building? If that's what you're thinking, you'd VERY be wrong.