States Will Be Hard Pressed To Boost Education Funding, Studies Predict

Deborah L. Cohen

Although the overall financial picture in many states has brightened considerably in the past few years, those gains are not likely to translate into increased spending on education and children's services in the near future, a new set of studies says.

The Washington-based Finance Project--set up by a consortium of foundations to study innovative ways of paying for children's programs--released the three...