Reuters - With some states taking a budget-cutting ax to public school funding, the U.S. education department on Thursday offered some guidance on finding and spending federal money flexibly -- but did not attach any dollars to the advice.<p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a class="rssreadon" rel="external" title="Budget crisis forces states to spend creatively: Duncan   (Reuters)" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110303/pl_nm/us_usa_states_education" target="_blank">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110303/pl_nm/us_usa_states_education</a></p>