How Escalating Education Spending Is Killing Crucial Reform
The Obama Administration has proposed spending $60 billion on new education programs—in addition to its budget request of nearly $70 billion for fiscal year (FY) 2013 for the U.S. Department of Education. Part of the proposal includes $25 billion ...www.heritage.org
Governor renews school efficiency effort
Sam Brownback said last week that he was confident a school finance task force would find areas to squeeze more mileage out of state education spending and redirect that money to the classroom. The Republican acknowledged that looking at what 286 ...www.thesedgwickcountypost.com
Presidential Debate On Education: Will Obama Press Romney On Education ...
The Romney campaign has reiterated its candidate's pledge to not cut education spending -- a move that has forced Obama advisors to stop painting Romney's education vision as one that takes a hatchet to education.www.huffingtonpost.com
Ark. lawmakers back public school spending hike
Ark. lawmakers back public school spending hike; The House and Senate education committees recommended the funding boost as lawmakers continued work on the state's budget for next year and prepared for an election that could hand Republicans ...www.stuttgartdailyleader.com
Legislative candidates focus on budget, education
Candidates in three races for seats in the N.C. General Assembly sounded off on the state budget and education funding during a candidates forum Monday night.www.thetimesnews.com
Analysis: How Much States Spend on Their Kids Really Does Matter
The initial difference between state education rankings and the average per-pupil spending is clear and rather obvious: States that spend more on their students tend to rank higher, and states that spend less rank lower. But if the answer were that ...www.nationaljournal.com
Rich siblings spend big bucks to affect California education funding
Now in California, the daughter and son of billionaire Charles Munger (who is the business partner of the fabulously wealthy Warren Buffet) are spending millions of dollars to defeat Brown's public education funding proposition on the Nov. 6 ballot.www.washingtonpost.com
Europe Urged to Revamp Education
BERLIN - Some European countries are cutting back on education spending to help their budgets at a time when it seems like Europe needs skilled and educated workers more than ever, a subject I write about in my Letter from Europe this week.rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com
Election 2012: Highland's 'best-guess' prediction includes deficit-spending
Despite passing a levy a little more than a year ago, Highland Schools could begin spending more than it brings in as early as the 2014-15 school year. District Treasurer Neil Barnes presented a conservative five-year estimate to the school board on ...medinagazette.northcoastnow.com
Warren BOE predicts deficit spending
The Warren Local school district's latest five-year forecast predicts deficit spending for the next five years, leaving the district $7.1 million in the red even if an emergency levy is renewed in two years.www.newsandsentinel.com
Budget still fails to satisfy some
After some residents complained that the $12.1 million education budget is too high, Superintendent Peter Nero explained that about $600,000 has already been cut from the budget originally requested by the Board of Education, and there is nothing ...www.thewesterlysun.com
Budget cut effect on scholarship unclear
Candidates for governor exchanged barbs over statements from a West Virginia higher education official about the Promise scholarship and how it could be affected by state budget cuts. But the official who made the comments said he was actually talking ...www.dailymail.com
Viewpoints: Will Prop. 30 boost public education? No
Despite the governor's reliance on the popularity of education in his effort to extort more from taxpayers, spending on K-12 schools has risen by $9 billion over the last 10 years. The current fiscal year is no exception. Total school funding increases ...www.sacbee.com
Spending will need to be cut, board told
Mifflin School District raises taxes more than 5 percent over the next four years, it would still need to make budget cuts that would dramatically affect its day-to-day operations and programs, administrators said Monday. Those cuts, based on the ...readingeagle.com
Letter: Norwalk Flooding, ECS Formula, Connected
I recall a 2006 meeting of the Coalition of Norwalk Neighborhood Associations during which all types of data were presented comparing educational spending and test scores in Norwalk to other towns and cities. Despite a few denials, it was obvious that ...norwalk.dailyvoice.com
'Zimbabwe Spending Too Much on Defence and the Military'
16:05 GMT, October 16, 2012 The Zimbabwean government is spending too much on defence and the military at the expense of other development sectors such as education, says a senior official in the splinter Movement Democratic Change (MDC), lead by ...www.defpro.com
Mourdock, Donnelly battle over role of government, spending and more
Democrat Joe Donnelly: Supports current education spending. Supports Pell grants and other higher education programs. Republican Richard Mourdock: Supports eliminating the Department of Education's functions but keeping Pell grants.thestatehousefile.com
Romney, Obama Education Advisers Debate Role Of Federal Government
Now that Romney has pledged to leave education spending alone -- despite his recent remarks that expanding the teaching force does little economic good -- the Obama campaign has been forced to shift its rhetoric.www.huffingtonpost.com
Granite City schools cut $1.3 million from education budget
The board made the cuts after approving a 2012-13 district educational budget on Sept. 25 calling for spending $7.5 million more than the district will bring in.www.stltoday.com
Chilean students demanding education reform protest in port city of Valparaiso
President Sebastian Pinera recently announced the 2013 budget bill that puts education spending at a record-high $12.8 billion.www.montrealgazette.com
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