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Don’t Plan on That Federal Education Spending Spree
Ambitious plans to make community college “free” or pre-K “universal” will have to be radically downsized.
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The Problems With Biden’s Universal Pre-K Proposal
"The proposed new investments in universal pre-K are not in step with the realities of the existing mixed-delivery system."
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Manchin Just Downsized the Democrats’ Massive Education Spending Plans
Free community college, universal pre-k may be trimmed to win passage of package.
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New Federal Money is Coming to Schools. There Are Other Options for Spending it Than Hiring Lots More Staff.
Try tutoring, time, technology, or other new ideas instead.
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Let schools, not district offices, decide how to spend some federal aid
Pushing dollars directly to individual schools would increase transparency, public engagement
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The Government Is Paying Public School Parents Billions of Dollars to Keep Their Children Home
Family would lose $409 a month in Pandemic-EBT benefits by moving 3 children to in-person from remote
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With Federal Relief Dollars on the Way, Districts Face Big Decisions
Reduce class sizes, lengthen the school year, provide tutoring—or let principals decide?
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A Rolling National Teacher Strike Is Why Schools Are Closed
Context isn’t just coronavirus, but years of union activism and potential for tens of billions in federal funds from Biden.
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Trump Education Reform Legacy: Too Little, Too Late
President discovered education reform in closing stretch of re-election campaign
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Biden Eliminated the 1776 Commission But Not the Need for ‘Patriotic’ Education
"Portraying the American tale as an endless parade of horribles isn’t any more honest than cartoonish accounts of American wonderfulness."
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