A Race to the Bottom - Obama Signs Short-Term Budget Bill That Slashes Education

Obama Signs Short-Term Budget Bill That Slashes Education
Education Week: 3.02.11 by Alyson Klein

Federal funding for literacy eliminated:
House: 335 – 91
Senate: 91 – 9
Signed by the President
$250 million Striving Readers program
$66 million Even Start family-literacy program
$25 million Reading Is Fundamental program
$26 million National Writing Project
$64 million Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnerships (LEAP) program

The overall package is intended to keep the government running for two more weeks while lawmakers and the White House continue to negotiate a budget plan. The cuts will affect funding for the current fiscal year, which began last October. (Yes, it's fair to say Congress is a little behind schedule.) READ MORE !