A special report on the higher education bill discusses its major provisions and current lobbying efforts to get it funded. (Editor)

The 1983 "education at risk" booklet pushed by Reagan-Bush regime left nothing but the timidly obedient Terrell Bell, the feisty, right-wing true believer Bill Bennett, the pitiful Lauro Cavazos, the self-centered Lamar Alexander, and monstrous national debt built on trickle-down economics. President Clinton's plan to…

In the debate about whether the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is "fully funded," 6 different definitions are used. The purpose of this article is to explore the implications of using each of these very different definitions. The 1st definition is that the law is fully funded because of large percentage increases in the federal appropriation.…

"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Congress Delays Action on Budget Resolution: Will Take It Up in June, but Expects to Postpone Final Spending…

The data presented in this combined report--"Rankings & Estimates"--provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. As one might expect in a nation as diverse as the United States--with respect to economics, geography, and politics--the level of commitment to…

If you have access to the Internet, you can obtain information through the U.S. Department of Education (ED) Gopher, a service provided under the auspices of the ED Institutional Communications Network (INet) project, as well as other government gopher servers. At these sites, information can be found on discretionary grants, grants distributed by…

A study was done to determine the extent of and reasons for the Department of Education's delayed receipt of origination fees for Stafford Student Loans, and actions needed to facilitate the prompt receipt of the fees. The fees help offset the federal governments' multibillion-dollar cost of subsidizing the Stafford Student Loan Programs. There…

Article seeks to portray, from a parochial point of view, the developing relationship between the federal government and institutions of higher education in the United States in the past several years. (Author/RK)

Tables comparing the federal budget for funds for higher education in fiscal 1987, the President's request for 1988, and the actual funds for fiscal 1988 are presented. (MLW)

Since the 1965 passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which concentrated unprecedented authority over American education in the hands of the federal government, federal lawmakers have passed increasingly restrictive laws and drastically escalated education spending, which ballooned from around $25 billion in 1965 (adjusted for…

The funding of K-12 public schools in Ohio is a joint effort with 7.4 percent coming from the federal government, 47 percent coming from local sources and 45.6 percent coming from the state, based on FY04 revenue (the latest data available). Of the approximately $6.8 billion in state aid, about 80 percent is distributed through the Ohio School…

This June 2003 issue of "Federal Literacy Facts" contains the following sections: (1) Parliamentary Committee Releases Groundbreaking Report on Literacy; (2) Key Recommendations from the Report; (3) Literacy Community's Strength Influences Committee Members; (4) What's Next: Where Do the Recommendations Go from Here?

Author provided a brief of the national economic setting for education. (Author/RK)

Described educational programs funded by the Federal Government. Programs are presented in categories or groupings that indicate whether they serve individuals or institutions and the nature of their support. (Author/RK)

From the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Education Commission of the States (3rd, Denver, Colorado, July 7-9, 1969).