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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Texas schools that cut bureaucratic costs by sharing services — from accounting to transportation — would get grants worth 10 percent of their savings under a plan Governor Rick Perry proposed on Tuesday. Texas is expected to have to slash spending in its next two-year budget because its deficit is estimated at as high as $18 billion.
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VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. – President Barack Obama is planning his second back-to-school speech to the nation’s students. The White House said Wednesday the vacationing president will make his remarks on Sept
In the spring of 2008, the Denver public school system needed to plug a $400 million hole in its pension fund. Bankers at JPMorgan Chase offered what seemed to be a perfect solution. Enlarge This Image David Zalubowski/Associated Press DEFENDER OF THE DEAL Senator Michael F
President Obama made it clear Thursday morning that he has no intention of backing down from his education reform agenda, despite criticism from core constituencies in his own party. Speaking before a crowd of civil rights advocates in Washington, he went to bat for his signature education initiative so far, the Race to the Top competition among states for $4.3 billion in grants tied to a range of education reforms
Civil rights leaders are criticizing Obama administration education reforms aimed at turning around low performing schools and closing the achievement gap for minority students. Eight civil rights organizations, including the NAACP , contend in a document released Monday the Education Department is promoting ineffective approaches for failing schools. They also claim the $4.35 billion “Race to the Top” grant competition — a program with a goal of spurring innovative reform in states — leaves out many minority students.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The fight to win extra federal funding for states for education jobs is growing fiercer in the U.S.
NEW ORLEANS — For two years as a presidential candidate, Barack Obama addressed educators gathered for the summer conventions of the two national teachers’ unions, and last year both groups rolled out the welcome mat for Education Secretary Arne Duncan . Enlarge This Image C.S. Muncy for The New York Times The National Education Association’s convention began Saturday.