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$23 billion for teachers lacks votes

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A $23 billion payout to save the jobs of thousands of educators faltered Thursday — perhaps for good — amid election-year jitters among moderate Democrats over deficit spending and only lukewarm support from the White House.

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100,000 teachers nationwide face layoffs

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 43, Clicks: 7)
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Senior congressional Democrats and the Obama administration scrambled Wednesday to line up support for $23 billion in federal aid to avert an estimated 100,000 or more school layoffs in a brutal year for education budgets coast to coast.

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Obama administration says it supports measure to avoid teacher layoffs

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 19, Clicks: 5)
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The Obama administration on Thursday threw its support behind a $23 billion measure intended to avert large-scale teacher layoffs, urging Congress to include the effort in a spending bill lawmakers are drafting to fund wartime costs and other urgent needs.

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Senate Panel Weighs Standards, ESEA Renewal

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 13, Clicks: 2)
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The nation needs more rigorous and uniform academic standards, but it’s best if states take charge of the effort, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle said Wednesday at a Senate hearing on re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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Recession could result in deep school staff layoffs, larger class sizes

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 16, Clicks: 0)
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From coast to coast, public schools face the threat of tens of thousands of layoffs this year in a fiscal crunch likely to result in larger class sizes and fewer programs to help students in need.

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Districts Warn of Deeper Teacher Cuts

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 13, Clicks: 0)
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Hundreds of thousands of teachers around the country are being told that their jobs may be eliminated in June.

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Senate Democrats want bailout for public school jobs

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.miamiherald.com (Views: 19, Clicks: 2)
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The Senate's most powerful Democrat on education unveiled a $23 billion bailout for public schools on Wednesday, hoping to keep classrooms staffed as cash-strapped states burn through the last of their federal stimulus dollars.

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Bill seeks $23b for schools

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.boston.com (Views: 18, Clicks: 0)
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The Senate’s leading Democrat on education issues proposed a $23 billion bailout yesterday to help public schools across the country avert widespread layoffs, a sequel to the economic stimulus law that has propped up teetering state budgets for the past year.

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Many Nations Passing U.S. in Education, Expert Says

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 28, Clicks: 0)
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One of the world’s foremost experts on comparing national school systems told lawmakers on Tuesday that many other countries were surpassing the United States in educational attainment, including Canada, where he said 15-year-old students were, on average, more than one school year ahead of American 15-year-olds.

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Experts Say a Rewrite of Nation’s Main Education Law Will Be Hard This Year

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 38, Clicks: 2)
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Many politicians, including the president, believe that the nation’s main education law needs to be rewritten, odds are slim that it will happen this year.

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$23 billion for teachers lacks votes

100,000 teachers nationwide face layoffs

Obama administration says it supports measure to avoid teacher layoffs

Senate Panel Weighs Standards, ESEA Renewal

Recession could result in deep school staff layoffs, larger class sizes

Districts Warn of Deeper Teacher Cuts

Senate Democrats want bailout for public school jobs

Bill seeks $23b for schools

Many Nations Passing U.S. in Education, Expert Says

Experts Say a Rewrite of Nation’s Main Education Law Will Be Hard This Year

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