Illinois data on stimulus-related jobs saved, created don't add up

Chicago Tribune by Bob Secter, Erika Slife | Nov. 4, 2009 (News Report)

More than $4.7 million in federal stimulus aid so far has been funneled to schools in North Chicago, and state and federal officials say that money has saved the jobs of 473 teachers.

Problem is, the district employs only 290 teachers.

"That other number, I don't know where that came from," said Lauri Hakanen, superintendent of North Chicago Community Unit Schools District 187.

The Obama administration last week released the ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Nov 3, 2009 - 9:41 PM PST
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 by Richard Riehl - Nov. 4, 2009

This story has the balance and detail in it that makes it far higher quality journalism than the story by the Wall Street Journal on the same topic about the national estimate of jobs gained/saved. This piece gave a very clear and balanced picture of how difficult it is to measure jobs gained or saved, but how important it is to try.

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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Nov. 3, 2009

Chicago’s omission from the stimulus data is not without irony. The federal overseer of school stimulus spending is U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who until ... More »

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