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Friday, August 13, 2010

Eduwonk � Blog Archive � Funding Cuts in the News

Eduwonk � Blog Archive � Funding Cuts in the News

Funding Cuts in the News

Guest post by Jim Ryan
Seems one day there’s a story about a new federal funding program, and the next day a story about another round of budget cuts at the state or local level. We should be approaching equilibrium at some point, no?
Today and yesterday were about cuts. There’s a story in today’s NYT about funding for charter schools in Chicago, which is being cut. The story also reports that many charter schools run at a deficit.
Picking up where yesterday’s post left off, charter school funding seems ripe for litigation. Most charter schoolsreceive less public money than traditional public schools. Whether that’s a good idea or a bad, a state court