Readers’ Guide to the Education Funding Announcement

"$52 MILLION IN RECOVERY FUNDS NOW AVAILABLE FOR VERMONT TO SAVE JOBS AND DRIVE REFORM," says the headline of today's press release from the Federal Department of Education (www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2009/07 More...

Leveraged Stimulus

Q. When does $72,000 equal $1 million?

A. When leveraged, of course.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is taking advantage of this financial magic trick. The stimulus bill (aka American Recovery and Reinvestment Act or ARRA) allocated $2.5 billion to USDA to encourage broadban More...