Voters cast ballots on education initiatives

In the shadow of the big-ticket battles over control of Congress, voters endorsed a bevy of initiatives that will dramatically affect K-12 education spending in several states.

Washington and Oklahoma both rejected initiatives that would have increased spending for education, while Arizona and Florida voters rejected lawmakers' pleas to grant legislatures the ability to poach education funds to help plug budget deficits. Read more about the initiatives in The Upshot, a Yahoo news blog by Liz Goodwin.