Early-Childhood Education Advocates Wary of Automatic Cuts
Head Start and federal child care grants could be squeezed by automatic, across-the-board cuts set to hit in March, unless Congress acts. Read Full Post >
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January 07, 2013
January 02, 2013
College Tax Credits Saved in Fiscal-Cliff Deal
American Opportunity Tax Credit grants of up to $10,000 in tuition tax credits are extended for five years. Read Full Post >
December 31, 2012
Fiscal Cliff Watch: State Education Cuts Loom as Midnight Oil Runs Low
Key federal K-12 programs are likely to be cut by 8.2 percent at the beginning of the new year, although most school districts won't feel the pain until next September. Read Full Post >
December 19, 2012
Fiscal Cliff: How Would White House, GOP Plans Affect K-12?
Trying to keep up with all the confusing back-and-forth about the fiscal cliff and how it relates to federal education programs? Here's your watchword as you read about various proposals: spending. Read Full Post >
December 06, 2012
Fiscal Cliff: How Are Advocates Fighting the Education Cuts?
Organizations around Washington are taking different tacks in trying to persuade lawmakers to spare K-12 from a possible 8.2 percent across-the-board cut come January. Read Full Post >
November 15, 2012
Fast-Approaching Fiscal Cliff Alarms Parents, Educators
As news reports highlight the looming "fiscal cliff," parents may be scratching their heads wondering what it means for them, and their children. Organizations are mobilizing to save billions for public education. Read Full Post >
November 14, 2012
A Cerebral Climb Avoids a Fiscal Cliff
Will all taxpayers in America—rich or struggling—see their taxes go up come January 2, 2013? Will the federal government simultaneously slash its budget across all departments by nearly 10 percent? As Americans are ringing in the New Year, will our government resuscitate an economic re... Read Full Post >
