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Obama Signs Bill Aimed at Saving Teachers' Jobs

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President Barack Obama has signed a long-stalled measure aimed at keeping more than 160,000 teachers on the job. The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday gave final approval to the bill, which provides $10 billion in aid to states and school districts to avert educator layoffs and hire new staff members.

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#1 by nitajo posted ago

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The new law also takes aim at some education programs, including a $10.7 million cut to Ready to Teach, which finances telecommunications-based professional-development programs for educators and educational videos; an $82 million cut to student financial-aid administration; and a $50 million cut to Striving Readers, which underwrites adolescent-literacy programs.

Ready to teach -- http://www2.ed.gov/programs/readyteach/index.html

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