Sunday, March 3, 2013
White House figures also show that 800 Maryland children could be affected by cuts to early childhood programs such as Head Start and Early Head Start.
By Yagana Shah for Capital News Service Federal budget cuts to early childhood education that could affect 800 Maryland students are a poor idea, according to Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who met Friday with students and teachers at Rolling Terrace Elementary School. “Sequestration, with its indiscriminate approach to slashing the budget is an example of dumb government at its finest,” Duncan said of the automatic budget reductions that began Friday under what's called sequestration. White House estimates put Maryland cuts in primary and secondary education at $14.4 million. These cuts will affect the classrooms of around 12,000 Maryland students and put 200 teacher and aide jobs at risk. An additional $9.7 million in educational …
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Saturday, March 2, 2013
Duncan: Federal budget cuts 'is an example of dumb government at its finest.'
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Saturday, March 2
By Yagana Shah, Capital News Service Federal budget cuts to early childhood education that could affect 800 Maryland students are a poor idea, according to Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who met Friday with students and teachers at Rolling Terrace Elementary School in Takoma Park. "Sequestration, with its indiscriminate approach to slashing the budget is an example of dumb government at its finest,” Duncan said of the automatic budget reductions that began Friday under what's called sequestration. White House estimates put Maryland cuts in primary and secondary education at $14.4 million. These cuts will affect the classrooms of around 12,000 Maryland students and put 200 teacher and aide jobs at risk. An additional $9.7 million in …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
The U.S. Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Services will talk with children and teachers at Rolling Terrace Elementary School Friday morning.
President Barack Obama wants universal preschool, and his Cabinet members are doing their part to support him. The U.S. secretary of education and secretary of health and human services will talk about early childhood education at Rolling Terrace Elementary School in Takoma Park Friday morning, according to a statement from Montgomery County Public Schools. Secretaries Arne Duncan and Kathleen Sebelius will visit preschool and Head Start classrooms. Montgomery County Board of Education President Christopher Barclay and MCPS Superintendent of Schools Joshua P. Starr will also be in attendance.
Lyda Astrove
2:05 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013
Why is MCPS in the process of eliminating school based preschool services for preschoolers with disabilities? They are changing the model to itinerant based services. Perhaps the county council needs to investigate this issue further. MCPS cant extol preschool for poor kids while simultaneously eliminating it for kids with disabilities! Instead of showing up for a photo op with the Secretary, … more ›