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A Less Bright Future: Florida Is Breaking Its Promise to Students

Ida V. Eskamani | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Miami Education, Florida Education, Florida Bright Futures, Education Funding, Student Loan Reform, Student Loans, Student Loan Debt, Bright Futures, Miami News
Ida V. Eskamani

The way I saw it, Florida made a deal with its students. We would excel in school, and, in return, Florida would support us. I held my half of the bargain, Florida didn't.

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School District Considers Shutting Down Every Other Monday

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Video, Minnesota Schools, Federal Education Funding, State Budget Crisis, State and Local Government, Business News, Burnesville Minnesota, Burnesville Minnesota School District, Budget Crisis, Education Funding, Education Funding Cuts, Business News

Snow days are so passé. Now it's all about budget cut days. Yes, faced with budget woes, the Burnsville School district is considering giving its ...

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Joy Resmovits

'Crisis' In U.S. Preschools As Spending Drops, Enrollment Climbs

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Education News, Nieer, Early Education, Education, Early Education Funding, Arne Duncan, Pre-School, James Heckman, 112th Congress, Head Start, Steven Barnett, Rutgers University, Stimulus Fund, Education Reform, Education Funding, Education News

Before Diamande Montague started preschool, she was the kind of kid who clung to her mother's skirt. When she and her mom went outside and other kids ...

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Saki Knafo

Head Start Agencies Sue Over Strict New Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 03.29.2012

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Not long ago, Bob Ruseau, a stay-at-home dad who lives in Medford, Mass., ran into an old friend from the neighborhood who said she was surprised by h...

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Cash-Poor Schools Poach Students From Rivals To Boost Rosters, Funding

Reuters | Posted 05.07.2012

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By Stephanie Simon March 8 (Reuters) - As American public school administrators look to bring in more money by recruiting students ov...

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Occupy Education Connects Dots From Wall Street To American Schools

Jane Perry | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Occupy Education, Education Funding, offthebus2012, Offthebus, Modesto Junior College, University of California, Morgan Stanley, Education, Laney College, Peralta Community College, 99%, Sacramento, California Sate University, Politics News
Jane Perry

With state budget cuts to education, the money Peralta Community College has to pay to Morgan Stanley for a higher interest rate is money they have had to cut for classes, instructors, and support services for the disabled. OccupyEducation says a renegotiation would restore 360 classes.

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Tax the Rich -- It's the Least That We Can Do!

Michael Berkowitz | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Taxes, Politics, Income Inequality, California, Jerry Brown, Millionaires Tax, Education Funding, Jerry Brown Tax Plan, Politics News
Michael Berkowitz

Governor Brown takes a half step in the right direction. But other states should not emulate it. Instead Californians and others should support a proposal which advances real change -- The Millionaires Tax.

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Washington Voters Approve All But 5 School Levies On Ballot

AP | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Education, Washington State, West Valley Schools, School Levies, Washington Schools, Washington, League of Education Voters, Yakima Schools, Education Funding, Washington Voters, Taxes for Education, Education News

SEATTLE -- Washington voters have approved all but five school levies on the ballot this winter. They voted in favor of 152 school levies, for a tota...

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GOP Candidate Defends Obama Against Santorum's 'Snob' Comment

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 02.29.2012

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President Obama got support from an unlikely ally against GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum's "snob" comment -- namely, Newt Gingrich. Gingr...

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Obama Makes Bold Challenge To Governors

AP | By BETH FOUHY | Posted 04.28.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama Monday urged the nation's governors to invest more state resources in education, saying a highly skilled workforc...

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Joy Resmovits

Mitt Romney Inconsistent On Education Money In Michigan?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.09.2012

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Michigan's budget surplus has been widely touted as an encouraging sign of economic recovery in a recession-addled state -- enough that Republican pre...

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Utah Lawmaker Proposes Giving Public Education Money Directly To Students, Not Schools

Posted 04.16.2012

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Funding for public education could go directly to the pockets of students, instead of to schools, under a proposal in the Utah legislature. The Uta...

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5 Things Obama's Budget Does For Higher Ed

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 02.14.2012

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President Obama's budget proposal for the 2013 fiscal year would beef up spending on higher education. Appropriately, he unveiled it at a community c...

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Conn. Legislative Session Opens: Public Schools Overhaul Means More Programs, Funding

AP | By SUSAN HAIGH | Posted 02.08.2012

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HARTFORD, Conn. -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy called on state lawmakers Wednesday to help him create an economic revival in Connecticut, creating more jobs...

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Joy Resmovits

About Face: Are GOP Govs Increasing Ed Spending To Save Political Skin?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.09.2012

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Call it budgetary whiplash. Last November, a wave of Tea Party minimalism and budget-cutting fervor swept the country, ushering governors like Rick...

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Emmeline Zhao

Adult Film Proceeds To Go To School Reading Program?

HuffingtonPost.com | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 02.07.2012

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Talk about dirty money. American schools and educational programs might be drowning from lack of funding, but being deep in the red isn't deterring on...

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DPS Proposes Spending Increase, Extended School Days

Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Tom Boasberg, ELL's, Video, English Language Learner, English, Ela, Dps, Denver Public Schools, Education Funding, Latino Prosperity, DPS Superintendent, English Language, Denver News

Denver Public Schools proposed a spending increase of approximately $11 million for English-Language Learners (ELLs) and to extend the school day for...

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Coal for Christmas

Jack Jennings | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Urban Schools, Teachers, Center on Education Policy, Education Spending, Class Size, Teacher Layoffs, TUDA, No Child Left Behind, Urban Schools Testing, Urban School Test Scores, Education Funding, Education News
Jack Jennings

With class sizes increasing due to teacher layoffs, and the dismissal of reading specialists, it is not far-fetched to say that learning is being jeopardized by less money being spent on education.

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Does More Money Mean Better Education?

Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Chris Christie, Education Budget Cuts, Budget Cuts, Achievement Gap, School Funding, Bruce Baker, Student Performance, Student Outcomes, School Finances, Class Sizes, Education Funding, School Improvement, Rick Perry, School Money, Teacher Layoffs, Andrew Cuomo, School Overcrowding, Smaller Class Sizes, Video, School Funding Distribution, Small Class Sizes, Money for Education, Education Money, Standardized Testing, Shanker Institute, School Budget Cuts, Education Reform, Albert Shanker Institute, Money for Schools, Education News

Amid major slashes to public funding, political leaders have cited assertions that money doesn't affect student learning to sometimes justify cutting ...

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Seattle High School Students Stage Walkout To Protest Education Cuts (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.16.2011

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Hundreds of students from five Seattle-area high schools walked out of classes Wednesday to protest Washington state's cuts to education funding. T...

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Districts File Third Suit Against State Over School Funding

Posted 12.14.2011

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A third group of Texas schools filed suit against the state Tuesday over education funding, alleging that the system of financing public education is ...

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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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State 'Irrationally' Underfunds Schools By Billions, Judge Rules

Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Video, Lobato v. State of Colorado, Student Achievement, Colorado Public Education, Colorado Education Funding, Minority Students, Colorado Public Schools, Student Performance, Colorado Education, Education Reform, Class Sizes, Education Funding, Sheila Rappaport, Education Lawsuit, Colorado Schools, Education News

Supporters of an education lawsuit against the state of Colorado celebrated this weekend after a district judge ruled that the state severely underfun...

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John Celock

Control Of 'Divided Party' At Stake

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 12.05.2011

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In Kansas, Republican state legislators have leaned increasingly conservative. Now a leader of the state's moderate Republican faction is vowing to fi...

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Joy Resmovits

Inequity In America's Schools, By The Numbers

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Education News, Leadership Conference, Education, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Department of Education, Arne Duncan, Comparability, Arra, No Child Left Behind, Michael Bennet, Stimulus Act, Education Funding, Education Inequity, Education News

It's been long suspected that schools serving low-income students receive less money to pay their teachers than those in nearby affluent schools. Now ...

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