Federal Budget 2012: Battle Brewing Over Education
By Alain Jehlen President Barack Obama this week presented Congress with a lean budget that focuses scarce financial resources on education, so the next generation of Americans can succeed in the world...
View ArticleHouse of Representatives Slashes Education for Low-Income Kids
By Mary Ellen Flannery Almost 200,000 of this nation’s neediest children would lose their slots in Head Start programs, if U.S. Senators opt to approve a draconian federal budget passed by House...
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown: How Would Educators Feel the Impact?
By Tim Walker and Cindy Long (Update: A deal was reached between President Obama and Congressional leaders late Friday night on a budget plan for the rest of the fiscal year that will avert a...
View ArticleGOP Budget Slashes Education and Health Services
On Tuesday, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveiled his much-anticipated 2012 budget proposal. Ryan calls his program The Path to Prosperity, which it probably is – if you happen to...
View ArticleWhat the Bush Tax Cuts Are Costing Education
Recent polls show the public’s pessimism over the economy is on the rise, an anxiety fed by lagging job growth but also by the reckless budget-slashing on Capitol Hill. While the general idea of...
View ArticleNEA President: Cuts to Social Security and Healthcare Programs in Obama...
President Barack Obama sent his annual budget plan to Capitol Hill on Wednesday. The proposal would cut Medicare and other health programs by $400 billion, and lead to benefit cuts to Social Security...
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