At the same time they plan to double spending on education and research over the next five years, raise family allowances and chop the tax bill of those with low incomes.
He plans to reverse a rise in violent crime with a thorough overhaul of the police, almost to double spending on education and to cut the proportion of Dominicans in poverty from 34% to around 20%.
So as tough as this recession is, as tough as the job market may be, we need to double down on our education investment.
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Shrinking the state while expanding health and education looks a difficult double act.
This figure was equivalent to double DR Congo's health and education budgets combined, the report said.
Although only 6.3% of black 18- to 24-year-olds were in higher education in 2006, that was double the proportion in 2001, according to IPEA. (The figures for whites were 19.2% in 2006, compared with 14.1% in 2001).
Education Department officials have said they can double loan volume through the direct loan program with existing personnel and computer systems.
Giving evidence to the Education Committee on 27 July, Tim Byles, from Partnerships for Schools, said the list of schools affected by the decision to cancel BSF should have been double-checked with local authorities by the Department for Education.
States are already facing down a fiscal gap in funding for special education students, and the looming sequester will likely double its size.
The unemployment rate for blacks stands at 14.1%, nearly double the unemployment rate for whites, and those without a college education are more than twice as likely to be unemployed as those with a diploma.
"But the prolonged double-dip recession and the lack of support to help young people stay in education, or find work and training, is making that impossible, " she added.
But to prevent double-dipping the IRS requires that distributions from 529 plans be coordinated with other education-related tax incentives such as the lucrative American Opportunity Credit, tax exclusion on savings bonds, etc.
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He told him the cut was double the average of other departments, which was a "truly terrible spending settlement for education capital".
Tell them to double down on an investment in a strong and secure middle class -- and that means your education.
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