Here's some reading material to enjoy with breakfast as school districts and universities brace for Gov. Corbett's upcoming budget.

School districts brace for Corbett's education budget (Morning Call) Then reality set in: The Republican governor's budget cut charter school and Social Security reimbursements and ended a popular grant program that paid for everything from full-day kindergarten to smaller class sizes. "I hope there's no fine print this year," Seidenberger said.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-pa-corbett-education-budget-20120202,0,4366869.story

The budget bludgeon (Post-Gazette, Op-ed) The quality and affordability of higher education is very much in the news of late, with the president issuing a call for slowing of tuition growth and the federal government's National Science Board warning of reduced competitiveness caused by the reduction of public funding for research universities.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207752-109-0.stm

School districts here wrestle with budgets (Intelligencer Journal) Because revenue sources are expected to remain flat or decline next year, those budget gaps will have to be bridged with spending cuts, district officials said. Problem is, there's less to cut this time around.
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/580391_School-districts-here-wrestle-with-budgets.html?page=1