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March 2008
- State Budgets Caught in Economy's Freefall
  
  New York Times | Mar 17, 08 12:38 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Politicians from New York to California are wringing their hands, wondering whether to cut spending or raise taxes. As the economy barrels towards recession, income and sales taxes are coming in well below expectations, and about half the states in the country are facing budget shortfalls, the New York Times reports. In many places, health care and education are on the chopping block. More »
- Panel: US Math System 'Broken'
  
  Washington Post | Mar 13, 08 1:38 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A presidential panel today called US math education “broken” and demanded greater focus on key skills ranging from preschool to middle school, the Washington Post reports. The National Mathematics Advisory Panel responded to concerns that Americans are growing less competitive in the realm, and pointed the way to better teaching, better textbooks—and even reducing “math anxiety.” More »
- Obama Quits School Reform Talk on Trail
  
  New Republic | Mar 12, 08 6:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama has been backing off post-partisan rhetoric on education, looking more like a stick-in-the-mud Democratic regular on schools and less like the reformer who supported test-based accountability and performance pay for teachers. The Chicagoan had bucked teachers' unions and other stodgy liberals, supporting charter schools in Illinois and mentorship programs in Washington, Josh Patashnik writes in the New Republic . More »
- US Needs More Visas, Gates Tells Congress
  
  CNET | Mar 12, 08 5:14 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bill Gates exhorted Congress today to increase the number of available H-1B visas for highly skilled foreigners, and invest more in domestic education in science and technology, cNet reports. "It makes no sense to educate people in our universities, often subsidized by US taxpayers, and then insist they return home," Gates told the House Committee on Science and Technology. More »
- States Aim for Young Hunters
  
  New York Times | Mar 8, 08 8:40 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - West Virginia is trying to reverse a decline in hunting by bringing it into the classroom, the New York Times reports. The state, which has seen a 20% drop in hunting permits in the last decade, has passed a bill allowing hunting education in schools where enough students express interest. “For us, guns and hunting was a way of life,” said a gun shop owner. “A lot of places seem to be losing that, and we need to bring it back.” More »
- NYC Charter School To Pay Teachers $125K
  
  New York Times | Mar 7, 08 6:16 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A New York City charter school plans to employ a radical new setup meant to test the value of teacher quality over extras in the educational experience, the New York Time s reports. Though the Equity Project, set to open in 2009, will have large classes and fewer classroom resources, teachers will make $125,000—twice that of an average NYC public-school educator. More »
- Court Sends Homeschoolers to Detention
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Mar 7, 08 12:36 PM CST

Stories

State Budgets Caught in Economy's Freefall

Panel: US Math System 'Broken'

Obama Quits School Reform Talk on Trail

US Needs More Visas, Gates Tells Congress

States Aim for Young Hunters

NYC Charter School To Pay Teachers $125K

Court Sends Homeschoolers to Detention