[Geo4All] US Education Department budget

[Finn, Michael]

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/05/22/529534031/president-trumps-budget-proposal-calls-for-deep-cuts-to-education




Michael P. Finn
Research Cartographer
Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science
U. S. Geological Survey
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On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 8:30 AM, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <
sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy> wrote:

> I totally agree with you. Colleagues in the USA, can you confirm this?
>
> Sergio Acosta y Lara
> Departamento de Geomática
> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
> URUGUAY
> (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
> http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
>
> ________________________________________
> De: GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> en nombre de
> labrinos at eled.auth.gr <labrinos at eled.auth.gr>
> Enviado: miércoles, 24 de mayo de 2017 3:44
> Para: OsGeo, GeoForAll
> Asunto: [Geo4All] US Education Department budget
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I don't know if it is true but, the US Education Department budget is
> less by almost 11 billion US$ cutting many school programs from the
> public education (no teacher training, no arts etc), making even the
> student loans more expensive.
> I think that it is time to strengthen our efforts to support free
> education services to all, especially to those who really believe in
> free and public education. Let us all do the best we can to offer free
> teacher training programs. We do have a lot of free materials and a
> lot of courage to go on. And, yes, we do this for years now. Lets keep
> doing it.
>
> wishes
> Nikos
>
>
>
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> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Dr. Nikos Lambrinos
> Professor of Geography Teaching
> Director of Digital Analysis and Educational Design Laboratory
> President of the Hellenic digital earth Centre of Excellence
> Faculty of Education
> School of Primary Education
> Dept. of Science and New Technologies
> Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
> GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
> Tel: +30 2310 991201
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