Stimulus funds up the ante for public schools
Handing $100 billion to needy public schools in an economic crisis is an unalloyed good thing, right?
Depends.
School districts across the USA are gearing up to receive the first payments under the federal economic stimulus. It temporarily — and substantially — increases the federal government's share in funding public schools over the next two years, promising to save the threatened jobs of thousands of teachers. Education Secretary ...
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