$170 Million in State Pre-K Funds Went Unused by New York School Districts

Editorial: Illinois spends 65 cents on pensions for every dollar it spends on classrooms – Chicago Tribune*

Teachers did their jobs and retirees earned their pensions, and we’d never argue otherwise. The scandal here is that politicians have completely mismanaged these promised benefits, allowing annual costs to balloon out of control alongside unfunded liabilities that continue to grow. ... In the recently signed 55.9 billion state budget, Illinois’ education costs aren’t just the 10.8 billion spent on K-12 operations, they also include roughly 7 billion in teacher pension obligations.

When Pay-for-Slay came out of the closet

A U.S. State Department notification to Congress reportedly found that the PA distributed roughly 156 million in “pay-for-slay stipends during 2025-in direct contradiction to America's Taylor Force Act. Op-ed.

Lawmakers narrow in on potential fix for Wyoming school activity funding disparities

Under the state’s newly recalibrated model, certain districts face plummeting funding for sports and activities like speech and debate. A legislative committee aims to amend that. The post Lawmakers narrow in on potential fix for Wyoming school activity funding disparities appeared first on WyoFile .

NYC Budget Gives Every Public School Kindergartner $1,000 for College, Restores Education Programs

New York City public school kindergartners will automatically receive 1,000 for college expenses, up from 100, under a budget deal announced Tuesday between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council. The budget also restores a handful of education programs that Mamdani did not include in his preliminary proposal and were at risk of cuts, including []

सुनको मूल्य तोलामा १४ सय रूपैयाँले घट्यो

काठमाडौं । सोमबार नेपाली बजारमा सुनको मूल्यमा गिरावट आएको छ। छापावाल सुनको भाउ प्रतितोला १ हजार ४ सय रुपैयाँले घटेको हो। नेपाल सुनचाँदी व्यवसायी महासंघका अनुसार आइतबार प्रतितोला २ लाख ८३ हजार ८ सय रुपैयाँमा कारोबार भएको सुन सोमबार घटेर २ लाख ८२ हजार ४ सय रुपैयाँमा कायम भएको छ। त्यस्तै, चाँदीको मूल्यमा पनि सामान्य []