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Education Budget

A Brief Educational Update

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 11.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Television, High School, Reality TV, Humor, School Discipline, Gas Prices, School Budget, Alternative Energy, School Funding, Cheating, School Militaary Recruiters, Education Budget, Living News
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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Schools Facing Big Budget Bust: Opportunity for Overhaul?

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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 Secretary Who Matters

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

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At the critical point where young people should be connecting with college and 21st century careers, we rely on an outdated education system that evolved in the 1970s.

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