By now you’ve likely heard that President Obama signed a short term bill to fund the government for the next two weeks that eliminated four billion dollars in education funding. The cuts eliminate virtually every literacy program funded by the Department of Education, including the National Writing Project, but also Teach for America, Reading Is Fundamental, and Arts in Education, to name a few of the better known programs. (from The Write Space: a blog for teachers and writers affiliated with the Connecticut Writing Project)
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