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Education Budget Cuts

5 Myths About School Vouchers -- And The Truth

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

One of the most contentious budget debates this year may be over something the president did not include in his 2012 spending plan -- school vouchers....

When You Can't Think... Test

Pamela Kripke | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Pamela Kripke

What do the state's education people do to reverse its sorry statistics? Here's a hint. They don't improve curriculums beyond the rote memorization model, or spend more cash per pupil.

The Battle Over Education Spending: Obama Preparing For Congressional Bid

Bloomberg News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

President Barack Obama, who has adopted such traditionally Republican principles as charter schools and teacher merit pay, will meet resistance in a d...

Dollars and Sense: How To Make Education Effective On Tight Budgets

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

U.S. based think tank Center for American Progress recently released a report evaluating the correlation between education spending and student perfor...

Texas Cutting $5 Billion From Public Schools

AP | APRIL CASTRO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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

Educational Budget Cuts: Unconscionable -- and Unconstitutional

Michael Rebell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Michael Rebell

Children's constitutional right to education is not negotiable. Belts can be tightened in hard times, but only in ways that ensure all children are prepared to work, vote and live in our modern society.

The Entrepreneurial Teacher

Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Tabby Biddle

With school budgets shrinking and teachers starting to shell out their own hard-earned money for school supplies, are there other solutions to help keep teachers' bank accounts afloat?

What's Next for California Education?

Tabby Biddle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Tabby Biddle

Most of you have probably heard about the dire straits public schools in California face, but until you see some numbers comparing school budgets between last year and this year, it doesn't fully hit home.