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Our View: Cutting Spending on education tough, but necessary Political fresh air was in circulation this week when Gov. Susana Martinez talked of what can be done to improve public education in New Mexico, not how the state can cut its funding. Read more on Silver City Sun-News

Education budget carrying a 2.31 percent increase proposed in New Milford NEW MILFORD — Schools Superintendent JeanAnn Paddyfote is proposing a budget for the next school year that carries a 2.31 percent increase. She is scheduled to present her $58.262 million budget proposal to the Board of Education Tuesday night. Read more on Greenwich Time

Pearson Receives Texas Education Agency’s First-Ever State License for Digital Instructional Materials Pearson’s A+RISE® program offers teachers practical, online program tied to state standards (PRWeb January 12, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/01/prweb4966164.htm Read more on PRWeb

Maine slips to 27th in education ranking Maine’s standing has slipped six places in the latest edition of an annual ranking of the nation’s education systems. Read more on Kennebec Journal

Education Schools Need More On-the-Job Training What if surgeons learned to operate by studying textbooks and received only a few weeks of on-the-job training? Who would dare go under the knife? Lucky for us, surgeons hone their skills in intensive years-long residencies during which they practice under seasoned pros. Education theoris… Read more on The Village Voice

News Corp to buy education startup for $360M Associated Press – November 23, 2010 1:55 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) – News Corp., which recently hired the outgoing chancellor of New York City’s public school system, has reached a deal to buy a… Read more on WCAX-TV Vermont

Tahoe/Truckee debate: Is America’s education system turning into a race to nowhere? INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — An insightful and eye-opening documentary regarding the current state of education in the United States had a packed house of Lake Tahoe Basin parents, teachers, students and residents agog with conversation, reflection and vows to change behaviors toward school-aged children. Read more on Sierra Sun

Stakeholders in education evaluate Nevada’s data SPARKS — Washoe County educators and school administrators spent Wednesday at a data summit at Sepulveda Elementary School to participate in discussions regarding administrative, school and student achievement within the county’s school district. Read more on Daily Sparks Tribune

Tennessee set to raise the bar in public education Where much is given, much is required and that is the dilemma facing Tennessee’s education system after becoming the first state with the largest award of some $501 million in federal money to “master” everything from individual test scores to graduation rates and college readiness to international competitiveness. Read more on The Tomahawk

Education briefs Bill of Rights Institute U.S. high school students and their teachers are invited to compete for nearly $115,000 in prize money by participating in the Bill of Rights Institute’s fifth annual Being an American Essay Contest. Top prize winners and their teachers will receive all-expenses-paid trips to the nation’s capital. Read more on The Conroe Courier