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Putting Education Reform To The Test

Education Issue On The Horizon: Sequestration

Teachers and staff could lose their jobs and class sizes increase if $1.2 trillion in federal budget cuts take effect in January, according to a new Congressional report. The cuts are known as “sequestration,” are the fallout of a failed debt reduction negotiations last year. Put the term on your radar.


Schools, HIV testing, childcare and unemployment programs are all “under threat” as across-the-board cuts, known as sequestration, are scheduled to strike in January 2013, according to a new U.S. Senate report released Wednesday. But Sen.

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