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Wisconsin Legislators Address Federal Funding Barriers

Ben DeGrow

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / October 26, 2009

The potential of receiving a federal Race to the Top grant award has shifted Wisconsin’s education reform debate, but so far the state has made little ... (read more)

Administrators Using ARRA Funds to Plug Budget Holes, Survey Finds

Lindsey Burke

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / October 14, 2009

According to a new survey of school districts by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), districts have not been using federal American ... (read more)

Schools and the Stimulus: How America’s Public School Districts Are Using ARRA Funds

Noelle M. Ellerson

American Association of School Administrators / August 01, 2009

Schools and the Stimulus: How America’s Public School Districts Are Using ARRA Funds is the third survey in the American Association of School Administrator’s ... (read more)

California Teachers Union Questions Need to Race to the Top

Ben Boychuk

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / October 13, 2009

California teachers union officials are questioning whether Race to the Top dollars are worth the reforms it takes to get them.“The governor’s ... (read more)

Billions in Stimulus Funds No Guarantee of Success

Lindsey Burke

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / October 01, 2009

As part of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act President Barack Obama signed into law earlier this year, $100 billion was appropriated ... (read more)

Stimulus Funding for States Could Bolster Status Quo

Lindsey Burke

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / June 01, 2009

Education funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed into law this winter by President Barack Obama, includes spending for pre-K-12 programs ... (read more)

New Book Challenges Spending Adequacy Claims

Review by Neal McCluskey

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / April 01, 2009

Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses: Solving the Funding-Achievement Puzzle in America’s Public Schoolsby Eric A Hanushek and Alfred A. LindsethPrinceton, ... (read more)

Federal Stimulus Bill Unlikely to Improve Education

Lindsey Burke

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / March 01, 2009

In February, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The $787 billion bill dedicates more than $100 billion for ... (read more)

Competition Improves Performance

Hilary Masell Oswald

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / January 01, 2009

A new study released by the C. D. Howe Institute in Toronto shows when schools have to fight for funding, students—and taxpayers—get more for ... (read more)

'Patriot Tax' Surcharge Would Slap Small Businesses

Ryan Ellis

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / July 01, 2008

Over much stronger opposition than usually accompanies such measures, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to increase funding for veterans' ... (read more)