The Crisis of Public Education: Budget Cuts, Deficits and the Lies Behind Them

This fact sheet explains how and why “austerity” is being used to cut public education.  “The truth is the money does exist. Returning tax rates on those making over $500,000 per year to the levels they were at under Richard Nixon would yield enough to pay for a new public education system, plus massive aid […]

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UMass Budget Request

The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees voted on December 14 to seek a 20% increase in its budget from the state in Fiscal Year 2013.  This is an unusually large request, but is exactly the sort of bold move PHENOM has been advocating for a long time.  The needs on our campuses are many […]

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