At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize [...]
When the first round of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act federal recipient reported data was released on www.recovery.gov in early November, we discussed the lack of comprehensive data available for [...]
As you may have noticed, Ed Money Watch has a new look. Today the New America Foundation launched a brand new website – complete with new graphics, easier to navigate archives, [...]
Ed Money Watch will be taking the week off in honor of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and gathering friends and family around the table to enjoy them. Check back for new posts on December 1st. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Ed Money Watch will be taking the week off in honor of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and gathering friends and family around the table to enjoy them. Check back for new posts on December 1st. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Author(s):
Jennifer Cohen
November 23, 2009
Ed Money Watch will be taking the week off in honor of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and gathering friends and family around the table to enjoy them. Check [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
Alabama Considers Charter Schools in [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
Alabama Considers Charter Schools in [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize [...]
The dismal state of America's high school graduation rates - less than 75 percent nationally and below 50 percent in some areas - has become a key federal public policy issue in the last decade. Existing federal programs, including TRIO and GEAR UP, already seek to improve high school graduation [...]
The dismal state of America's high school graduation rates - less than 75 percent nationally and below 50 percent in some areas - has become a key federal public policy issue in the last decade. Existing federal programs, including TRIO and GEAR UP, already seek to improve high school graduation [...]
The dismal state of America's high school graduation rates - less than 75 percent nationally and below 50 percent in some areas - has become a key federal public policy issue in [...]
In July we analyzed funding for K-12 school facilities in the student loan reform bill, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, as passed by the House Education and Labor Committee. The full House passed the bill in September and preserved the $2.0 billion per year [...]
In July we analyzed funding for K-12 school facilities in the student loan reform bill, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, as passed by the House Education and Labor Committee. The full House passed the bill in September and preserved the $2.0 billion per year [...]
Author(s):
Jennifer Cohen
November 17, 2009
In July we analyzed funding for K-12 school facilities in the student loan reform bill, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, as passed by the House Education [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
New Mexico Lawmaker Proposes Budget [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
New Mexico Lawmaker Proposes Budget [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize [...]
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, with Center for American Progress and Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute, on Monday released the report "Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Innovation." The report evaluates states based on several indicators of innovation including school management, finance, and technology [...]
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, with Center for American Progress and Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute, on Monday released the report "Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Innovation." The report evaluates states based on several indicators of innovation including school management, finance, and technology [...]
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, with Center for American Progress and Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute, on Monday released the report "Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on" [...]
Yesterday the Department of Education released the finalized applications for Phase 2 of the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF). The SFSF, a major component of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), provides $48.6 billion in federal funds to states so that they can fill gaps in [...]
Yesterday the Department of Education released the finalized applications for Phase 2 of the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF). The SFSF, a major component of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), provides $48.6 billion in federal funds to states so that they can fill gaps in [...]
Author(s):
Jennifer Cohen
November 10, 2009
Yesterday the Department of Education released the finalized applications for Phase 2 of the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF). The SFSF, a major component of the American Recovery and [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
As Enrollment Grows in Utah, Budget Shrinks[...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
As Enrollment Grows in Utah, Budget Shrinks[...]
When Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), they included extensive data reporting requirements so that the public could closely track expenditures. Now that the recipient reported data on expenditures is publically available, tracking education funds should be easy. But as we discussed earlier this week, data reported [...]
When Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), they included extensive data reporting requirements so that the public could closely track expenditures. Now that the recipient reported data on expenditures is publically available, tracking education funds should be easy. But as we discussed earlier this week, data reported [...]
Last Friday, the first round of recipient reported Recovery Act grant and loan data was made available on the Recovery.gov website. Much like the previously released federal contract data, this wave of data lacks the comprehensive information needed to truly determine how the funds are being spent [...]
Last Friday, the first round of recipient reported Recovery Act grant and loan data was made available on the Recovery.gov website. Much like the previously released federal contract data, this wave of data lacks the comprehensive information needed to truly determine how the funds are being spent [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
Montana Education Officials Doubtful About [...]
Earlier this month the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released a preliminary report on graduation rates in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for the high school class of 2006-07. The report shows that graduation rates vary widely by state - from as high as 88.6 [...]
State education agencies across the country just completed the first round of reporting for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) programs, an onerous and massive undertaking. Unfortunately, the quarterly reporting process is not likely to get any easier for states from here - on December 1st, 2009 [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
Michigan Governor Signs Education Budget, [...]
Late last week the federal government released the first round of data on economic stimulus spending through the new website Recovery.gov. This preliminary data, which is reported by stimulus funds recipients, included data only for federal contracts as opposed to grant and loan programs. Very few education [...]
The White House Domestic Policy Council (DPC) with the U.S. Department of Education (ED) this week released the report "Educational Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act." The report paints a rosy picture of the effect of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds on state education spending [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
Study Finds that California Furloughs [...]
Since the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) first came on the scene in 2001, research-based evidence has become a major focus for federal, state, and local policymakers. Despite this, many Bush and Obama Administration policies were not strongly backed by such evidence. Â This haphazard attention to research [...]
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The Federal Education Budget Project (FEBP), Ed Money Watch's parent initiative, provides a wealth of state and school district level data on federal funding, demographics, and achievement through its website www.edbudgetproject.org. These data can tell important stories about how federal education funding interacts' [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
New York Governor Slashes [...]
On Tuesday, The Department of Education (ED) released proposed priorities and selection criteria for the Investing in Innovation Fund (i3), a new $650 million pot of funds created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to support the development and expansion of innovative models to improve [...]
Last Thursday, October 1st, federal fiscal year 2010 officially began. Technically speaking, Congress and the President should have wrapped up the annual appropriations bills by that date, providing fiscal year 2010 funding for about a third of the federal government and nearly all federal education programs.
Only one of the [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
Michigan Governor to Veto Budget [...]
Last week, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released "Projections of Education Statistics to 2018," a report predicting enrollment and expenditure increases in education over the coming decade. Â These projections can provide important information to states and school districts as they seek to invest new funds available through [...]
A recently released study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) suggests that states have been spending increasingly more money - over $640 million in 2007-08 - on creating and implementing academic assessment tests associated with the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). While some federal funds have [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
No Middle Ground on New [...]
In early September the Department of Education (ED) released additional guidance that provides details on how states and school districts can use Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) stimulus funds for reform activities. This guidance seeks to ease some of the inherent tension in the American Recovery [...]
The Federal Education Budget Project (FEBP), Ed Money Watch's parent initiative, provides a wealth of state and school district level data on federal funding, demographics, and achievement through its website www.edbudgetproject.org. These data can tell important stories about how federal education funding interacts with student demographics and' [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
Virginia Prepares for Cuts to [...]
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