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Higher education may be first to see cuts (The Upshot)

Published on November 12, 2010 By rohit

This week, hundreds of college students and faculty protested at the Louisiana capitol in Baton Rouge against $310 million in cuts to education over the past two years.

Education reformers say GOP-controlled Congress would block funding (The Upshot)

Published on October 27, 2010 By

Education reformers are worried a Republican-controlled House of Representatives will block spending for new reforms touted by President Barack Obama, Seyward Darby of the New Republic reports. The irony is that former President George W.

FACT CHECK: Obama’s education claims missing facts (AP)

Published on October 15, 2010 By rohit

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says almost every chance he gets that Republicans would cut education spending by 20 percent if their party wins control of Congress in the Nov. 2 elections. He also says they would repeal a new college tuition tax credit

Calif school shooting suspect called uncooperative (AP)

Published on October 10, 2010 By rohit

CARLSBAD, Calif. – The suspect in a San Diego-area grade school shooting that left two young girls injured was not cooperating with investigators, police said, and the man’s neighbors described strange behavior in the months before the shooting.

The New Health Care Rules: What They Will and Won’t Do (Time.com)

Published on September 23, 2010 By

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. When Democrats front-loaded the Affordable Care Act with consumer protections set to kick in six weeks before Election Day, they never imagined health care reform itself would stay so unpopular

Obama on the road to promote higher-ed, raise cash (AP)

Published on August 9, 2010 By rohit

AUSTIN, Texas – With the fall campaign season fast approaching, President Barack Obama flew to Texas Monday to raise money for fellow Democrats and give a speech emphasizing his commitment to higher education. From Washington to New York City, and from Atlanta to Chicago, the president has headlined event after event and raised millions of dollars in recent weeks for his party. This push came amid a sense of urgency as Democrats fight to maintain their grip on power in the House and Senate.

How ‘Race to the Top’ is rewriting U.S. education (McClatchy Newspapers)

Published on August 8, 2010 By

WASHINGTON — When Education Secretary Arne Duncan inserted a half-page program description into the economic stimulus act last year, few except top Democratic leaders knew that it would create Race to the Top, a multibillion-dollar sweepstakes to overhaul U.S. schools that gave Duncan’s department unprecedented power.

Obama defends education policies to critics (AP)

Published on July 30, 2010 By rohit

WASHINGTON – Challenging civil rights organizations and teachers’ unions that have criticized his education policies, President Barack Obama said Thursday that minority students have the most to gain from overhauling the nation’s schools. “We have an obligation to lift up every child in every school in this country, especially those who are starting out furthest behind,” Obama told the centennial convention of the National Urban League.

White House threatens veto of war funding bill (AP)

Published on July 2, 2010 By

WASHINGTON – The White House has promised to veto a House war funding bill over proposed cuts to education reform programs . The move marks an unusually public clash with Obama ’s top Democratic allies in the House, who proposed cutting $800 million from programs such as the Education Department’s showcase Race to the Top grant initiative

One-time flagship Philly Catholic school closing (AP)

Published on June 12, 2010 By rohit

PHILADELPHIA – Even as financially strapped Catholic schools continue to close across the country, no one in Philadelphia ever thought the church would shutter Cardinal Dougherty High School . Not the flagship campus that once boasted 6,000 students and billed itself as the biggest Catholic school in the world. Not the school whose marching band once played for a pope , a princess and a presidential inauguration .