«Education cuts don't heal - they cause massive social and economic costs.
Not exact matches
But even Gates, a vocal advocate for uplifting those in the developing world, has said the old - school model of
education doesn't always
cut it.
But none of the broken things would be fixed by Donald Trump's proposed budget, which
does away with federal subsidization of interest on student loans and eliminates the program that forgives loans for people who enter public service (including teachers)-- among other
education - related
cuts.
But
did you also know that the budget
cuts are «gutting» Indian
education, «stalling» Meals on Wheels programs, «hitting» work - study funds, and «hurting» medical research?
We
did not
cut transfers to our provinces and territories — money they use for things like
education and health care.
When there was no grass to
cut or other work to
do, my parents — who deeply valued
education — would give us things to commit to memory.
Fortunately, there's no
education as effective as new motherhood, and if you've got a high - energy baby (read: he never slept) like I
did, you learn to
cut through the clutter and focus on baby products that really work.
They didn't
cut out a necessary aspect of
education like music, history, science, or art (as some schools
do) that children need to grow and learn as citizens of society.
Silver reiterated that the issues of key importance to his conference are restoring some of his
education aid
cuts and safeguarding an «affordable» SUNY / CUNY system that is «available to all residents of New York; If we go away from that mission, we're
doing a disservice to this state.»
If the budget isn't
done by then, Paterson said, he'll be putting the rest of it into extender bills — including
education — and force the lawmakers to choose between a shutdown and passing controversial
cuts.
In fact, we would have to lay off workers sooner than our plan of January 1, and we would probably have to have something like a one percent
cut to all services across the board, which I don't know, particularly in the area of health care, where we've
cut over $ 5 billion now, and
education, where we've
cut over $ 2 billion, that they could sustain additional
cuts to that extent.»
Other
education officials who testified
did not agree with Duffy's assertions that the
cuts can be absorbed without effecting school children.
While he warned of the dark times ahead, the governor
did not name any spending
cuts that might have to be made, and even said he wants to increase some
education programs.
«The only thing Mayor de Blasio had
done was pre-K and Vision Zero,» Malcolm said, referring to free early
education opportunities for four - year - olds and the city's plan to
cut the number of fatalities from traffic crashes with pedestrians.
By
doing so, we will prevent future
cuts to
education funding and ensure that every teacher is held to a fair and meaningful standard of excellence.»
Klug said Wadleigh's middle school students didn't have physical
education last year and lost their only guidance counselor and math coach because of budget
cuts.
«As the chair of the Senate
Education Committee, Senator Oppenheimer should be leading efforts to reform the state school aid formula so districts
do not have to endure billions in
cuts any given year and can operate within the confines of a local property tax cap,» said Cohen.
Repeating the governor's claim that state
cuts to
education do not require layoffs, Mulgrew said it was clear that Mayor Bloomberg's priority «is not to get money for the schools; he would rather fight over who to lay off than fight on behalf of children.»
City Councilman Robert Jackson, who chairs the
Education Committee, also reacted with anger, saying the
cuts «penalize students who had nothing to
do with creating those deficits.»
«It's just too big a deficit, and the choice of
cutting education or
cutting health care I don't think is a place anyone wants to go to this year.
«If they don't agree to the millionaire's tax extension, then you can't
do a billion dollars in
education spending, you can't
do a middle class tax
cut, you can't
do college affordability,» Cuomo said.
When the mayor proposed
cutting $ 1.3 billion out of the capital budget for
education because we didn't have the CFE money, we all stepped up to the plate and said, «Our children can't wait.»
«I am dismayed by Governor Andrew Cuomo's public threat to shut down New York State's government if we
do not approve budget
cuts that will most definitely hurt the poor, our children's
education, New York's healthcare system, and our senior citizens, Diaz said.»
«I saw that meeting as my
doing my job of trying to find a way to convey, in any way I could, that the public and even his voters had fierce opposition to the
education cuts,» she said, adding that she told Bannon their polling showed half of Trump's voters opposed his
cuts.
«Governor Cuomo's budget
does not
cut $ 1.4 billion in
education aid to New York City.
I don't believe, if you look at the way we've allocated it, about a 2 percent reduction to health care, about a 3 percent reduction in
education, 2.7 percent, actually, to school districts statewide on average, a 10 percent
cut to state government.
Cut to an on - screen graphic: «Tell Albany: Please don't sacrifice their
education for tax breaks for millionaires.»
But others didn't make the final
cut, including the governor's
education tax credit, a hike in the state's minimum wage, and an agreement on pension forfeiture.
«We could
do more infrastructure, we could
do more to invest in
education and we could
do more to
cut taxes.»
About 68 percent of the restored
education aid would be sent to schools districts north of NYC, Skelos said, explaining: «What we're
doing is we are essentially restoring shares to the
cuts.
The governor has said he's open to legislative proposals to restore some of his proposed $ 1.5 billion
education funding
cuts, but only if that doesn't increase overall spending in the budget.
The DREAM Act and the
education tax credit pushed by the Catholic Church
did not make the
cut.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's accusation this morning that school districts and their allies are playing politics with kids by using the threat of teacher layoffs to try to scare lawmakers — and the public — into opposing the governor's
education funding
cuts hasn't stopped them from
doing... well... just that.
And his decision not to fully back Mayor Bloomberg's push to
do away with the last in, first out layoff system for teachers is credited with keeping the city teachers union quiet on his proposed
education cuts.
Like Smith, he aims to give blunt, clear explanations of what's he's
doing, such as recent remarks puncturing what he said was the myth that
education cuts will hurt children.
What «these developments» actually
do is
cut, at zero notice, # 150 million from a grant dedicated to raise standards in
education.
It also bolsters funding to some towns that had been targeted for huge
cuts, notably Torrington, a named plaintiff in a suit filed by the Connecticut
Education Association seeking to block the executive order
cuts, would receive $ 24.68 million — $ 200,000 more than it
did last year.
«I don't believe we have to
do any
cutting in terms of
education and health care, and I think we'll see growth, significant growth, in both,» said Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.
Well another politician who stands by a minority (the wealthy) and not the majority (the working class) when over 72 % of the public agrees we should bring back the wealth tax so we don't have to lay off Goverment employees and
cut back on services such as
education fire fighters law enforcement then we are not living in a Democracy.
The mayor has so far been muted in his criticism of the governor and his budget, declining to attack him in public, although he
did issue a statement calling the zeroing out of NYC's revenue - sharing aid on top of the
education spending
cuts «unfair.»
Cuomo said at a cabinet meeting last Monday that while he is planning for tax
cuts, priority areas like
education «will go up close to five percent» in next fiscal year's budget, «like they
did» for the current fiscal year.
If they don't
do the millionaires» tax extension, you can't
do a billion dollars in
education spending, you can't
do a middle class tax
cut.
As the Times reported on Wednesday, teachers unions along with other labor groups are not, as they
did in previous years, launching major attack campaigns on the governor for his proposed
cuts to
education and other programs.
«We have some building to
do, we could
do more for infrastructure, we could
do more to invest in
education, and we can
do more to
cut taxes,» Cuomo said.
Cuomo not only failed to
do anything real to prevent wealthy and corporate donors from buying our politicians, but proposed severe
cuts in
education funding while giving massive tax breaks to bankers and billionaires.
The
Education Secretary tried to pour cold water on the bubbling Tory row over PIP
cuts - but her claims don't stand up to much scrutiny
The money didn't save the district from making
cuts altogether, but
did allow it to maintain programs like special
education, counselling and extracurriculars, said Michael Ginalski, the district superintendent.
The money didn't save the district from making
cuts altogether, but
did allow it to maintain programs like special
education, counseling, and extracurriculars, said Michael Ginalski, the district superintendent.
«It's just too big a deficit and the choice of
cutting education or
cutting health care, I don't think is a place anyone wants to go this year,» Cuomo said in his budget address Tuesday.
Mayor Bloomberg's proposed
education budget for next year does almost nothing to make up for years of cuts to programs and staff, even though the state increased school funding to city schools next year by more than 4 percent, UFT Vice President Karen Alford testified at a City Council Education Committee hearing on
education budget for next year
does almost nothing to make up for years of
cuts to programs and staff, even though the state increased school funding to city schools next year by more than 4 percent, UFT Vice President Karen Alford testified at a City Council
Education Committee hearing on
Education Committee hearing on March 21.