Media: Status Check On Stimulus-Funded Efforts
If you're seeing stories about the mixed effects of the stimulus this week, they're probably one of the 30 stories to come from this Hechinger/EWA collaboration. There are tons of stories out there (Schools have tough time making stimulus grade STL Post Dispatch, Reaching Ohio's at-risk students are main goals of Race to the Top program CPD, Districts bracing for end of stimulus funds Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Columbus must fix 'worst' schools or lose millions Columbus Post Dispatch, School-stimulus benefit may be short-lived Boston Globe, Can a private firm and federal funds fix this public school? CT Mirror). Their main finding? "Reporters have found that much of the stimulus money went to maintaining existing programs and staffing in schools. Also, many of the policy