How The Super Committee's Failure Hurts K-12 Spending

Friday, November 25, 2011 How The Super Committee's Failure Hurts K-12 Spending Seventy thousand teaching jobs. More than one billion in Title I grants to disadvantaged school districts. Nearly 900 million in funding for special education students. All these and more K-12 educational expenditures will be axed smack in the middle of the 2012-2013 school year -- barring an act of Congress that would prevent the automatic, across-the-board cuts set by this summer's debt deal from going into effect, according to the National Education Association. GIVING THANKS Murder Of Gay Teen Illuminates Schools' Delicate Balancing Act Mother Files Suit Against School District, Alleges Bullying Drove Daughter To Attempt Suicide Obama: 'The Only Reason I'm Here Is Because Someone Invested In Me' Do Tests Really Help Student Learning? BLOG POSTS Cara Santa Maria: Talk Nerdy to Me: Let's Talk About Sex -- the Science of Love Neuroscientists have shown that in some ways, love is similar to addiction. StoryCorps: Join StoryCorps. Thank a Teacher on November 25! This Friday, November 25, marks StoryCorps' 4th annual National Day of Listening, and we are asking everyone to take a moment to thank the teacher who made all the difference. Jess Coleman: It's Time to Occupy Congress Occupy Wall Street protesters should pack their bags, declare victory, and prepare some tough questions for any political candidate that undermines their goals. It's time to Occupy Congress. Esther Wojcicki: Why I Am Thankful We are a country who says the glass is half empty instead of half full. We need to change our perspective, at least on Thanksgiving. We all have reasons to be thankful. Robert Scheer: Thanks for What? The spread of affordable college education made upward mobility a truly plausible American goal. No more. On this Thanksgiving we have been cheated of the bounty of that harvest. Truthdig.com

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