Where’s the stimulus money?
An upcoming symposium at Teachers College, Columbia University, will examine how federal stimulus money targeted to education is being spent in the states.
Equity Symposium Asks: Where Is $100 Billion in Education Aid Going?
States Are Using Education Stimulus Money for Budget Gaps Instead of Equity, Teachers College Study Suggests
States are using federal stimulus money intended to promote innovation and equity reforms in schools to instead plug holes in education budgets ravaged by the economic recession.
That’s the finding of at least one major study that will be presented at “Stimulating Equity? The Impact of the Federal Stimulus Act on Educational Opportunity,” a symposium that will be held at Teachers College, Columbia University on February 8th and 9th.
The event convened by the College’s Campaign for Educational Equity, is the first major national symposium to analyze the impact of The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), which is enabling the U.S. Department of Education to distribute $100 billion to states over the next two years for public schools suffering from the effects of the recession.
The symposium will discuss whether this windfall of federal cash – more than double the Department’s 2009 budget – will improve equity and opportunity for low-income students.
