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Schools face test on budget math
- 06-15-2010
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By Mark Whitehouse and Amy Merrick/Wall Street Journal
For seventh-grader Kyle Scarpa, budget strains affecting schools across the country are hitting where it hurts. In the wake of the worst recession in more than half a century, many communities find themselves with no choice but to cut funding for education. In Downe Township, N.J., the cuts are hitting where it hurts. In addition to freezing wages and jettisoning its librarian, the school he attends here in southern New Jersey will cancel his after-school remedial math and literacy classes. His teacher believes the tutoring helped him build confidence and get his average grade up to a C from a D. "He could fall through the cracks," says teacher Rose Garrison, noting that Kyle is among four kids in her class having trouble keeping up. "When you're teaching exponents and you have kids who don't know the multiplication tables, how are you going to teach them?" (more...)
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