Pathfinder-2008+education+budget

Glossary

Is the federal government spending enough money on education?


Many people believe that our taxes are going to special programs or causes to benefit our future if not our kids. Have you ever stopped and wondered how much of that money is actually going to benefit our kids education? This year our budget consists of $2.9 trilli//o//n dollars//**.**// This pathfinder is designed to help researchers locate important data on how our federal budget is being allocated. Below are several helpful subject headings and keyword search terms that I have used and that benefited my search and will hopefully benefit yours too.

//**Subject Headings**// 1.Student aid 2.Armed Forces, Appropriations and expenditures 3.Budget, Bush, George W., U.S. Dept. of Defense, Appropriations and expenditures, Government spending policy, War, Economic aspects, Budget deficits

//**Keyword Search Terms**// 1.education +"federal budget" 2.federal government and budget 3.The citizens guide to the budget 4.Pell grant 5.Perkins loans and federal budget

Articles:
[|Press Briefing by OMB Director Rob Portman on the President's Fiscal Year 2008 Budget] **Author:** Rob Portman Director of the Office of Management and Budget //**Subject Headings**// :Budget,Economic forecasting Portman, Robert J.U.S., Economic conditions This article is useful because the author works for the president and is trying to convince the American people of how this budget will benefit us all.
 * Publication Date:** Feb. 5, 2007
 * Database:** SIRS Government Reporter

"Bush budget puts pinch on domestic spending."

 * Author:** Milligan, Susan, and Rick Klein.
 * Publication:** //Boston Globe//
 * Publication Date:** Feb 6, 2007
 * Database:** //Custom Newspapers//. Thomson Gale.

===[| Burden of Student Loans Increasing, Even for Some Lawmakers]===


 * Author:** Pamela Brogan
 * Publication:** Gannett News Service
 * Publication Date:** March 23, 2006
 * Database:** Sirs researchers

===**[|Defense Spending Jumps Under Bush's $2.9 Trillion Budget]**===


 * Author:** Ron Hutcheson and Margaret Talev
 * Publication:** McClatchy Newspapers
 * Publication Date:** Feb. 5, 2007
 * Database:** SIRS Researcher

===[|A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget: Budget of the United...]===


 * Author:** Executive Office of the President Management and Budget Office
 * Publication:** A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget: Budget of the United States...
 * Publication Date:** 2001
 * Database:** SIRS Government Reporter

**[|United States budget]**
Title of web page: Education Title of website: Publication Date: Database:**
 * Author: Federal Government