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Group Writes Scathing Report: What Kind Of President Would Romney Be On Education?

Posted 05.04.2012

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President Barack Obama and Republican hopeful Mitt Romney haven't been talking much about education's toughest questions aside from recent attention o...

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Public v. Charter: Who Really Has More Administrative Bloat?

Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Public School Spending, Public Schools, Michigan Charter Schools, Michigan Schools, Video, National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Education Budget, Charter Schools, School Spending, Charter School Spending, Education News

Public schools are often criticized and scrutinized for perceived administrative bloat, tied to concerns that those sitting behind desks in district o...

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Virginia Teachers Hold 'Wake' In Light Of Bill

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.02.2012

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In opposition of a bill the state Senate is considering -- which would "phase out" systems like tenure and make it easier for teachers to be dismissed...

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Students Speak Up: How Budget Cuts Are Hurting Them

Posted 02.14.2012

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As school districts are facing massive budget cuts across the country, school programs, teachers and students are taking the hit. Across the countr...

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State Budget Cuts Slam Higher Education, Almost Spare K-12

| Kathryn Baron and John Fensterwald | Posted 02.13.2012

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This story comes to us courtesy of Silicon Valley Education Foundation's Thoughts On Public Education blog, TopEd.org. Midyear budget cuts hit Cali...

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It's Education, Stupid (Not Taxes)

Jeff DeGraff | Posted 01.28.2012

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Jeff DeGraff

It's easy to cut education because it's a latent form of value -- it pays sometime in the future. Innovation requires the development of new capabilities.

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Occupy Demonstrators Arrested After Protesting Massive Education Cuts

AP | BETH DUFF-BROWN and TERRY COLLINS | Posted 01.16.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — Police arrested a number of Occupy protesters and students Wednesday who stormed into a downtown San Francisco bank and shouted ...

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Eighty-two Years Since the Great Crash

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 12.24.2011

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Rep. Charles Rangel

A good learning environment is crucial to a successful education, which is why I introduced H.R. 2394, Rebuilding America's Schools Act.

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California School Spending Among Lowest In The Nation

2011-03-16-Screenshot20110316at9.39.25AM.jpeg | Joanna Lin | Posted 12.17.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. Budget shortfalls have pushed California's spending on public schools to a historic low, rel...

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Texas Shed 900 School Jobs Amid Massive Budget Cuts

AP | By PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 11.29.2011

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SAN ANTONIO -- The $4 billion in cuts to Texas public schools this summer might be starting to hit Gov. Rick Perry where it hurts most – his rec...

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Education Nation Changes the Conversation

Mark Shriver | Posted 11.26.2011

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Mark Shriver

Our country is engaged in a deep, delicate battle about how to slice up the federal budget. What may surprise some people is that early childhood education comes down to everything Americans are anxious about.

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Three Ds for Education Reform: Dollars, Data, and Digitization

Ray V. Spain | Posted 11.07.2011

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Ray V. Spain

We needn't wait for Superman. The national scalability of proven, effective high schools shows that if we demonstrate the will, and rethink the three Ds of the education reform debate, great American schools can be ours today.

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North Carolina 'Going Backwards" In Education, Governor Says

NPR | Claudio Sanchez | Posted 10.01.2011

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As the 50 states pass their budgets in trying times, education spending is taking one of the hardest hits. In North Carolina, the cuts are so severe t...

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New Jersey Protecting Non-Merit Pay, Seniority For Teachers

Posted 09.12.2011

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced last week that all school districts in the state will see at least a 2 percent increase in operating budgets....

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Chicago School Fights To Save Its Orchestra

AP | MARTHA IRVINE | Posted 08.05.2011

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CHICAGO — The violin isn't pretty, but its scratched frame has been well-loved by the girl who cradles it now, and those who played it before he...

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Two Years After A Student Wrote Congress For Help, Community Breaks Ground On A New School

AP | SEANNA ADCOX | Posted 06.18.2011

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DILLON, S.C. — Construction is starting on a new school in South Carolina more than two years after a student wrote Congress about the decrepit ...

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U.S. Schools Face Fiscal Cliff As Stimulus Money Runs Out

AP | SEAN CAVANAGH and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | Posted 06.06.2011

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As lawmakers around the country debate their states' budgets, they're staring over the edge of a massive fiscal cliff – the point where about $1...

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Kansas Parents Sue To Be Allowed To Pay More School Taxes

AP | HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | Posted 05.25.2011

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MISSION, Kan. — Parents in a suburban Kansas City school district where some homes cost $1 million or more have done as much as they can to rais...

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Obama Visits Tech Giants To Push Education Plans

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WOODSIDE, Calif. — President Barack Obama assembled some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley to confer on jobs and innovation, trying to get ...

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Obama's New Education Budget Faces An Uphill Funding Battle

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama's budget request for increased spending in education is likely to face a tough fight against Republicans – and even if en...

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Texas Cutting $5 Billion From Public Schools

AP | APRIL CASTRO | Posted 05.25.2011

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AUSTIN, Texas — Public education in Texas is facing billions in proposed budget cuts that would include slashing arts education, pre-kindergarte...

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Young Science USA

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011

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James M. Gentile

If the future of our nation is not continually renewed by young Americans well supported in their advanced scientific research, we likely will have a very dim future indeed.

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Schools Facing Big Budget Bust: Opportunity for Overhaul?

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Education, Education Reform, Charter Schools, Budget Cuts, Economy, Teacher Layoffs, State Budgets, Education Financial Crisis, School Budget, Education and the Recession, Education Budget, Politics News
Tom Vander Ark

While far from easy, states with courageous governors could use this crisis to make a radical change: cut the budget by 10% and send the money directly to schools.

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A Brief Educational Update

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jeffrey Shaffer

The bus schedules should have arrived in your mail by now and we have instituted a policy that awards school credits to any student who shows up at the bus stop with a full can of gasoline.

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A Secretary Who Matters

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Obama Transition, Education, Obama Secretary of Education, Barack Obama, Superintendents, Arne Duncan, Alan Bersin, Mike Leavitt, Education Budget, Duval Patrick, Barack Obama and Education Policy, Tom Payzant, Jeb Bush Education, Angus King, Joel Klein, Tim Pawlenty, Education Spending, Mike Easley, Politics News
Tom Vander Ark

At the critical point where young people should be connecting with college and 21st century careers, we rely on an outdated education system that evolved in the 1970s.

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