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Failure to close California's budget shortfall may force the state to issue billions of dollars in IOUs. An update on how states are struggling to balance their budgets in uncertain economic times.
Joe Mathews, Irvine Senior Fellow at The New America Foundation. He is a former reporter for The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Chris Edwards, Director, Tax Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Corina Eckl, Fiscal Program Director, National Conference of State Legislatures
Nicholas Johnson, Director of the State Fiscal Project at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan discusses reforming the nation's schools while containing costs. He talks about the administration's education agenda, including the role of charter schools, vouchers, and the pros and cons of merit pay.
Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education in the Obama Administration.
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