Budget cuts nix $90m in federal college aid
Schools near military bases and tribal lands will face a $60 million shortfall between now and September and aid to college students will be cut by ...

Culture war in Israel targets ultra-Orthodox Jews
A cultural war has erupted between Israel's rising political star and his ultra-Orthodox rivals. Newly minted Finance Minister Yair Lapid, hugely ...
An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise ...

Chicago to close 54 schools to address $1B deficit
Tens of thousands of Chicago students, parents and teachers learned Thursday their schools were on a long-feared list of 54 the city plans to close ...

Barbs of racism, anti-Semitism in NY school clash
School board meetings descend into shouting matches. Accusations of racism and anti-Semitism fly. Angry parents turn their backs on board members in ...
Pentagon to furlough teachers, cut commissary time
The Pentagon will furlough about 15,000 military school teachers and staff around the world because of the automatic budget cuts that took effect last ...

Budget cuts to hit military school districts first
Public schools everywhere will be affected by the government's automatic budget cuts, but few may feel the funding pinch faster than those on and ...

Christie budget plan pushes greater school choice
With relatively small expenditures, Gov. Chris Christie is using his proposed state budget to push harder for more school choice for students in ...

Arizona lawmakers struggle to stay on priorities
One Republican proposal would ban state enforcement of federal gun laws. Another would require that hospitals check the citizenship of anyone treated ...

Calif. Gov. proposes budget with rosier outlook
Riding a wave of new tax revenue, California's spending plan for the coming fiscal year will rise by nearly $5 billion, a powerful indication that the ...