Duckworth Meets With Local Education Leaders About Looming Cuts
Harper College hosted a roundtable discussion Thursday with representatives from District 15, District 25 and District 211, among other school district to talk about how cuts will affect education in the future.
On Thursday, February 21, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-8) met with representatives from local school districts to discuss the cuts that will take place under sequestration on March 1. “Today I heard from administrators throughout my district, many of whom are facings hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cuts because of reckless decisions made in Washington,” Duckworth said. “These educators are concerned that Congress has chosen to put the burden of debt reduction on our children. The sequester will endanger special education programs and make a college education less accessible for low and middle income students," Duckworth said. Duckworth added that the pending cuts will force local governments to either allow class sizes to …
Roman G. Golash
9:53 am on Monday, February 25, 2013
Tammy Duckworth and the democrat party live in a perpetual bubble, they believe in spending without analyzing why they are spending. We are now $17 trillion in debt, but that does not include over $100 trillion in liabilities. A debate should be raging in d211 and d15 on how to develop a new educational paradigm. more ›