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Oops: Arne Duncan may’ve been a bit overenthusiastic in his dire sequester warnings

Erika Johnsen — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:01:45 +0000

"Literally."

This morning, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was the latest Cabinet member to hit the briefing room and lament the many ghastly ways in which sequestration would man-handle his department’s many absolutely essential functions. Via Politico: ”Kids are gonna get hurt, kids are gonna get hurt. That’s just the reality,” he said. His visit to [...]

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Obama’s education spending bonanza rivals what Bush spent in eight years

Rob Bluey — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:03:49 +0000

But are American students any smarter?

Washington is spending more money on federal education programs than ever before. But are American students any smarter? It’s a question worth asking in the context of President Obama’s budget request, which increases the Department of Education budget to $69.8 billion. That’s a 2.5 percent boost over 2012 levels and the largest increase proposed for [...]

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Bachmann: Why do we need a Department of Education, anyway?

Tina Korbe — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:30:09 +0000

Extreme?

CNN’s Political Ticker isolates this element of Rep. Michele Bachmann’s reliably conservative responses at Sen. Jim DeMint’s political forum in South Carolina today, making it both a headline and lead paragraph: Painting herself as a “constitutional conservative” Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann told Sen. Jim DeMint’s forum Monday that if elected president she would look to [...]

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