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Education cuts may be the focus of those generating Gov. Scott Walker’s recall election, but new evidence shows his supporters have the better argument for education saving the state’s budget.
Most recently, the Republican governor’s office revised how public schools and technical colleges can calculate inflation-based teacher raises, altering the definition of “base salary” to exclude higher automatic pay for accumulating degrees.
Changes like this have helped move the state budget from a...
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Utah teacher Cole Kelly: Fired and blacklisted for choosing a teachers union alternative? Video here.
The New York Times takes aim at tax-credit scholarships.
Illinois lawmakers vote to end a graft-ridden state college scholarship program.
The U.S. Department of Education unveils a Race to the Top grant competition for school districts today.
Approximately one quarter of Pennsylvania school districts are broke. Schools teaching nearly half of California kids are in the same...
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) followed up new laws creating the broadest school choice state in the nation, including the largest statewide voucher program, by also signing into law Louisiana’s first tax-credit scholarships.
“[The credit] will give low-income students from mostly failing schools an opportunity to attend private schools that agree to participate in the program,” said state Rep. Kirk Talbot (R-River Ridge), one of legislation’s sponsors.
The program provides tax rebates...
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