States struggle to adequately fund education
While the Obama administration’s proposed changes to the No Child Left Behind law are grabbing all the education headlines, a new court ruling in Washington state highlights tensions brewing in many states capitals. A judge found that by not adequately funding education, Washington was not upholding its constitutional duty to provide “ample” education for all students. He ordered the legislature to figure out how to fix it.
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