"AmeriCorps reading program faces threat" (Wenatchee World Online, 02/06/09)

An AmeriCorps program that helped nearly 700 local children catch up on reading last year is under threat in the Washington state governor's proposed budget.

"Stimulus Package Expected to Boost Education" (Edutopia, 02/04/09)

Educators have their eye on the federal government's funding plan, and how it might trickle down to the classroom.

"Immigrant Parents Push to Protect English Classes" (Wash Post, 04/05/09)

As the School Board seeks to close a $250 million budget gap, funding for the adult English classes could be trimmed and the course fee could increase, potentially by a few hundred dollars a class. Dozens of students born in China, Nicaragua, Italy and other corners of the world attended a public hearing last month to urge the School Board to maintain the funding that keeps the classes affordable to new immigrants.

Dallas District Fires 375 Teachers

375 Dallas teachers were fired Thursday as part of a massive layoff designed to help the school district avoid a projected $84 million budget shortfall. Dallas Morning News, October 17, 2008