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This Week In Education Thompson: Nashville Cuts Despite $500M Tenn. Win

This Week In Education

Thompson: Nashville Cuts Despite $500M Tenn. Win

EquityYet another sign that RttT isn't any instant solution for state and district budget woes: NPR reports that one of the "least controversial" ways to make up an education deficit is to cut $5 million from the wages and benefits of 600 Nashville school custodians. The district will also reduce the pay of bus drivers by 1/8th. This