Budget cuts hit education in Texas

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Bianca Montes
Issue date: 3/11/10 Section: News
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In January, the Texas Education Agency urged state education agencies to cut their budgets by 5 percent to offset the $4.3 billion budget gap in the current fiscal year.

The proposed cuts follow an announcement by Governor Rick Perry that he would not participate in the Race to the Top, a federal stimulus-funded program, championed by President Barak Obama, that could have brought as much as $700 million to Texas.

Race to the Top is committed to reforming America's public schools and was proposed in hopes of preparing American students for college and the workforce.

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1. I loved the sign in the article

Are you nuts? Stop the cuts!

:applause::applause:

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2. more slash and burn

"Americans will not succeed in the 21st century unless we do a far better job of educating our sons and daughters," said Obama.

While Democrat Bill White called Perry's approach "Soviet-style," groups such as the Texas American Federation of Teachers side with the governor.