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Putting Higher Ed Out Of Reach by Howard Karger, | February 20, 2007
Think standardized testing in K-12 is bad? Margaret Spellings wants the same in higher education, too. read more »It's Not What You Know by Jared Bernstein and Larry Mishel , | February 12, 2007
Education alone doesn't protect workers from falling incomes. read more »Our Children's Homeland Insecurity by Michael Petit, | February 6, 2007
Where conservative ideology rules, our youth are left increasingly vulnerable. read more »Righteous Irritation: Your Letters by TomPaine.com Readers, | February 2, 2007
From green jobs and global warming to good jobs and American empire, our readers respond. read more »The President's Delusions by Robert Borosage , OurFuture.org | January 24, 2007
Last night's State of the Union address revealed that the state of this president is still delusional. He can't level with the American people because he can't or won't recognize the reality that we face. read more »First 100 Hours Finishes 58 Hours Early by Bill Scher, OurFuture.org | January 18, 2007
Today, the House passed the CLEAN Energy Act, 264-163, with 36 Republicans crossing party lines to support the bill, and only 4 Dems voting against. And yesterday, the College Student Relief Act passed 356-71, with 124 Republicans crossing over. read more »Dubya Doublespeak on Halving Student Loan Rates by Bill Scher, OurFuture.org | January 17, 2007
The House is expected to pass legislation today that will cut some student loan rates in half, saving the average student $4,420 without costing taxpayers a dime. read more »A Ladder To The Ivory Tower by Alex Carter, | January 11, 2007
Today—the National Day of Action for College Affordability—progressives unite for opportunity. read more »Democratic To-Do List by David Corn, | November 8, 2006
Now the Dems must act quickly to secure public opinion. read more »Hard Truths: Your Letters by TomPaine.com Readers, | November 3, 2006
From outrage fatigue to the state of our schools, readers face the facts in this week's letters. read more »
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California: Protect Our Schools from Devastating Layoffs, action.aclu.org | August 8, 2010
The story itself is bad enough but it is also set against the backdrop of Californian civilisation being beaten back into some form of rootless serfdom as the institutions of good governance unravel and fail. more »
Will The GOP Senators Whose States Face Thousands Of Teacher Layoffs Vote Against Teacher Funding? , wonkroom.thinkprogress.org | August 3, 2010
Today, the Senate will be taking a procedural vote on a bill providing $26 billion in aid to state and local governments, $10 billion of which is dedicated to preventing teacher layoffs. This particular batch of funding has been included in, and then cut from, multiple bills, as each time conservatives have objected. more »
Senate Vote on Medicaid, Education Funds Delayed, thehill.com | August 3, 2010
The Senate tabled a jobs measure Monday because Democrats underestimated the package’s cost. Democrats had scheduled a vote to end debate on their proposal to send $10 billion in funding to states and local governments to prevent public teacher layoffs. The package contains another $16.1 billion to help states with Medicaid obligations.
Education Funds Out of Senate War Bill, Politico | July 23, 2010
The Senate sent back to the House Thursday night a stripped-down $59 billion war funding bill, after striking all of the added education assistance which Democrats had wanted to avert threatened teacher layoffs in the fall. more »
Krugman: we're paying the price of dumbing down America., The New York Times | October 11, 2009
American Graduates Finding Jobs in China, The New York Times | August 11, 2009
Shanghai and Beijing are becoming new lands of opportunity for recent American college graduates who face unemployment nearing double digits at home. Even those with limited or no knowledge of Chinese are heeding the call. They are lured by China’s surging economy, the lower cost of living and a chance to bypass some of the dues-paying that is common to first jobs in the United States. more »
Teachers Could Earn More Under Obama Plan, USA Today | July 24, 2009
States that want a piece of the Obama administration's $4.35 billion Race to the Top Fund for schools must hew to internationally benchmarked academic standards and let schools pay teachers and principals more if they work in hard-to-staff schools — or if student scores improve on basic skills tests. more »
Student Loan Measure Clears House Panel, The Washington Post | July 22, 2009
A bill that cleared a House committee would largely remove private lenders from the federal student loan industry, generating an estimated $87 billion savings over 10 years to fund more government grants and loans. more »
Black-White Student Achievement Gap Persists, MSNBC News | July 15, 2009
Despite unprecedented efforts to improve minority achievement in the past decade, the gap between black and white students remains frustratingly wide, according to an Education Department report. There is good news in the report: Reading and math scores are improving for black students across the country. more »
Obama Plans $12 Billion Boost To Community Colleges, USA Today | July 14, 2009
President Obama is expected to announce a $12 billion proposal today that will put the nation's community colleges front and center in his economic recovery plan. Among his goals: to modernize community college facilities, to increase the quality of online courses and to ensure that more students complete their programs. more »
