With very little fanfare and just about no press coverage, the Recovery Board released its latest quarterly report a couple of weeks ago. Its "Key Reporting Indicators" show real improvement.
With policy makers deciding on the best way to utilize stimulus dollars for education, here's some commentary on the two significant options; as well as a point of our own.
It's important to make sure all states are treated equally. It's important to get the best return on investment for stimulus dollars. Can both these important things co-exist in the same world?
Clayton County, Georgia, is an instructive example of a place that figured out how to meet tight deadlines and get stimulus dollars out the door. Most of the trick has been in educating the people involved.