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Education Cuts

Cuts in Education: A Failing Choice

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 01.18.2012 | Politics
Marian Wright Edelman

We still talk about public education as the great equalizer and pathway out of poverty, but continue to fall far short in assuring millions of poor children upward mobility.

Occupy Demonstrators Arrested After Protesting Massive Education Cuts

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

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

We Shood Make Eevin Moar Cuts to Publick Educayshun

James Napoli | Posted 12.06.2011 | Comedy
James Napoli

What are all these teechurs complayning about? I meen, what the heck do they reely do for saciety anyways?

What's Driving Educational Reform in America?

Franklin Schargel | Posted 11.23.2011 | Home
Franklin Schargel

Is it the governors who are demanding that schools be more effective while making draconiana cuts eliminating teachers, closing schools and eliminating subjects that children come to school to enjoy?

We Are Forgetting About Our Kids

Marc Joseph | Posted 10.15.2011 | Home
Marc Joseph

Education is what has helped the quality of American society grow so quickly in the last couple hundred years. This is because adults have made the right sacrifices for all of our kids.

Getting Children Ready For School

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.12.2011 | Impact
Marian Wright Edelman

Staying in school and receiving a quality education are the best deterrents to juvenile delinquency. Yet almost half of our states spend on average more than three times as much per prisoner as per public school pupil.

Paving the Road to a Hungrier, Unhealthier and Less-Educated Nation

Deborah Weinstein | Posted 08.29.2011 | Politics
Deborah Weinstein

Kids who spend more than half their childhood in poverty earn, on average, 39 percent less than median income as adults. Yet, a majority of House lawmakers want to narrow the deficit by making things worse for today's kids.

Joy Resmovits

Teachers In Texas Rally Against Education Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.07.2011 | Home

As Texas lawmakers prepare to cut billions in education funding and give school districts a heavier hand in determining teacher pay, the state's educa...

Students, How About You Appreciate Your Free Education Before You Lose It?

Larry Strauss | Posted 08.06.2011 | Home
Larry Strauss

I was recently contacted, from prison, by a former student, a brilliant young man according to the state standardized tests we were giving a decade ago on which he scored in the 99th percentile in math and not far below that in English.

Group Challenging TABOR In A Lawsuit

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 07.24.2011 | Denver

*** Update *** The Colorado Springs Gazette reported Wednesday that El Paso County attorney Bill Louis would like to authorize his office to interv...

Protests Against Cuts Planned At Cal State Campuses

AP | Posted 06.13.2011 | Los Angeles

SAN FRANCISCO -- College students and faculty in California and other states on Wednesday planned to protest state budget cuts to higher education tha...

Does Colorado Have to Cut Education? The Answer Is No

Michael J. McCarthy | Posted 05.29.2011 | Denver
Michael J. McCarthy

3,600 school district jobs, making an average of $56,000 a year, will be eliminated in Colorado in the near future. If that isn't worth getting out of your seats -- you're already dead where you sit.

GOP Buyer's Remorse Is Nice, But It Only Matters If It Leads to Votes

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Mitchell Bard

Republicans campaigned in 2010 on creating jobs and cutting spending and the deficit. But once in power, both in the House and in numerous states, all those promises went out the window.

The Case For Investing In School Infrastructure

Ed Schmidt | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Ed Schmidt

Like our congested highways, bursting water pipes and corroding bridges, decaying schools are a reminder that our prosperity as a nation is jeopardized by physical neglect.

Republican Education Cuts Killing America's Economic Competitiveness

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Rep. Mike Honda

We must make every school as good as the schools in our wealthiest communities. That is exactly why the Department of Education recently launched the Equity and Excellence Commission.

You Can Do More with Less... But Only for So Long

Bud Hunt | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Bud Hunt

Colorado's new governor is going to ask high school teachers at three of the city's schools to teach another class per semester. It's a kind of peer pressure move that is based on faulty logic.

What A Government Shutdown Would Mean For Education

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

So if you've picked up a newspaper in the past week or so, you know that the federal budget is in major flux, with the prospect of a government shutdo...

Superintendent Gives Up Salary To Save Staff, Doesn't Dent District Plans To Close Schools (WATCH)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

At a time when school board meetings have become a setting for unwanted announcements and contentious discussions, Superintendent Bill Korach of Lake ...

What Do Jerry Brown's $500 Million Cuts Mean For UC Schools?

California Watch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

This story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Erica Perez Just how big is a $500 million cut to the University of California system? Gov. Jerry...

Nevada Governor Race: It's About the Schools

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 08.06.2012 | Politics
Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.

Brian Sandoval is proposing a band-aid for the schools; Rory Reid is promising a genuine overhaul, eliminating bureaucracy and affording teachers the freedom to innovate and lead.

Summer School Canceled In Cash-Strapped Districts

AP | HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Amber Bramble had to scramble to arrange summer plans for her 5- and 7-year-old daughters after their suburban Kansas City sc...

Bloomberg's Federal/State Priorities Don't Include Preventing Devastating City Cuts?

Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Amy Traub

Apparently helping New York retain its most critical public services is not among the "easy-to-reference issues" political donors should consider "when political candidates are calling for contributions."

Classrooms Trashed As Teachers Strike Impacts Schools

California Watch | Corey G. Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

(The following story comes courtesy of California Watch) By Corey G. Johnson Fed up with what they called "stall tactics," the teachers union at the...

Cities' Devastating Cuts to Education and Transit Highlight the Need for the Local Jobs for America Act

Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Amy Traub

Looking at the national economic statistics, you might be able to persuade yourself that the recession is over. But observing local communities - nei...

Reporters Should Query Major GOP Candidates on Proposed Education Cuts

Jason Salzman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Jason Salzman

Reporters should clarify Scott McInnis' position on education cuts. Asked if there were any "Colorado boards" he would eliminate, McInnis replied, "You could look at the Department of Education."