President Obama, Congress face ticking education time bombs: Fiscal cliff, college costs and student loan deadline
John Konop steered me to this article from MSN.com on the compelling education policy challenges facing President Obama and Congress.
Seems like a lot to get done, some of which has to be done in a matter of weeks.
Here is an excerpt but try to read the full piece before commenting:
Seems like a lot to get done, some of which has to be done in a matter of weeks.
Here is an excerpt but try to read the full piece before commenting:
…First up is sequestration, the automatic, government-wide spending cuts set to knock out 8.2 percent of the funding to almost all of the Education Department’s programs — unless Congress acts before the end of the year to avert the cuts.
Programs intended to reduce educational inequities will take a hit of $1.3 billion, according to the