After the Debt Deal: It Gets Tougher From Here
by Frederick M. Hess • Aug 9, 2011 at 7:57 am
Cross-posted from Education Week
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ShareLast week, while I was on blog hiatus, the President and Congress topped off months of increasing rancor by cobbling together a last minute debt deal. There are several key edu-world takeaways that can too easily get lost amidst the languid summer heat. So, let's take a moment to flag them.
After all, edu-advocates don't seem to have a clue as to what's ahead. As the debt deal was getting resolved, the Committee for Education Funding--a decades-old alliance of 80-odd trough-snuffling universities, education associations, and assorted hangers-on--issued a hand-wringing letter that said, "We fear that education programs will face multiple rounds of cuts under the initial reduction in appropriated funds proposed in the [debt reduction] bill and from the joint committee's plan or from sequestration." No fear about it, gang, that's exactly what's ahead. Moreover, newsflash: Pre-K, K-12, and higher ed are in for years of tough sledding when it comes
