Congress Chops Funding for High-Profile Education Programs

Photographers record the scene as President Barack Obama finishes signing the two-week funding bill in the Oval Office at the White House on March 2 in Washington.
—Charles Dharapak/AP

Federal aid for literacy slashed in stopgap spending measure

More than a dozen education programs—including high-profile efforts focused on literacy, teaching, and learning—face the prospect of a permanent federal funding loss after they were chopped from a stopgap spending measure signed into law by President...

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