This thesiscompares the expenditure-need factors of generalgrantin China with other countries and finds out the current scheme has some implausible factors that tendto inducenegativeincentive.
Indeed, of the nearly 6.2 GW of newly installed wind energy projects that elected the cash grantincentive, the LBNL analysts discount nearly 60% of them as projects for which the grant may not have been essential for completion (e.g. projects were already completed or would have otherwise been able to utilize the production tax credit, or PTC, to help finance the projects).
The court, which very early in the litigation was already in possession of the contested interview materials (having been provided them by the BC legal team for private in-chambers review by the district court judge), had no incentive whatsoever to grant the scholars any opportunity to engage in such a searching inquiry.
Our ESEA reauthorization proposal, ESEA flexibility package, Race to the Top initiative, School Improvement Grant program, and the Teacher Incentive Fund all support the development of strong systems of educator evaluation and support.