From The National Access Network
at Teachers College, Columbia University
December 18, 2008

In this issue...

Editorial: Strategies for Countering Budget Cuts

Thinking Big About How to Close the Gap

Legal Updates


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Editorial: Strategies for Countering Budget Cuts

Thirty-seven states plus the District of Columbia are facing combined budget deficits of approximately $66 billion in the 2009 fiscal year. In an effort to balance their budgets, many states have called emergency legislative sessions and are proposing significant budget cuts to many governmental agencies, including education. As of December 10, sixteen states have made cuts to K-12 education funding, and many other states are threatening to follow suit.

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Thinking Big About How to Close the Gap

At TC’s Fourth Annual Symposium on Educational Equity, a star-studded cast of researchers, educators and policymakers argued for nothing less than a full-scale attempt to combat poverty and its attendant ills

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Legal Updates: Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey

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