Education
Emergency funding urged to prevent worst school cuts in 50 years
April 21, 2010Tens of thousands of teachers and other school staff are facing layoffs across the country for the coming school year, along with slashed programs, larger classes and shortened school weeks.
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Florida gov. vetoes anti-teacher bill
April 19, 2010After massive protests by teachers, parents and other public school advocates, Florida's Republican Gov. Charlie Crist defied members of his own party by vetoing legislation that would have eliminated tenure for teachers and gutted community-based input...
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A demand grows in Brooklyn: fund kids, not bombs
April 16, 2010Local residents filled the library at Brooklyn Tech High School to see how the oversized Pentagon budget is draining resources from their community.
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Three grim tales from the Big Apple
April 13, 2010Ranked third or fourth richest city in the world, will New York tell its young generation that it cannot provide shelter, or classrooms, or even transportation to school?
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N.Y. to slash literacy funding
April 9, 2010Though illiteracy here and across the U.S. continues to be a growing social problem, efforts to combat it are under attack by the city and state legislature, under the guise of reigning in runaway spending.
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