School districts find out their cut of stimulus

California school districts are about to get their first hard cash from the federal stimulus package, their share of the nearly $1.2 billion in extra funding the state has so far received for educating low-income children and students with disabilities. Full Story »

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by Derek Hawkins - May. 6, 2009

Not a terribly well written article, but relevant in that it gives an idea of how stimulus money for education will be distributed among the states.

The irony is that even that money is too little and too late for Garfield, where 90 percent of children are poor. More »

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by Kaizar Campwala - May. 6, 2009

Gives the reader a sense of how Bay Area public schools are using Federal stimulus money.

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by Kristin Gorski - May. 6, 2009

A key point of the article: while the money is welcome, it won't solve the long-term financial problems in these public school districts.

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by Roger Powelson - May. 6, 2009

I felt this was a good news article that told not only the dollar amounts of the stimulus money, but how it would be used in different school ... More »

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by Alexa Harmon - May. 7, 2009

Yes, it goes in depth about the stimulus money being given to California schools. I really liked how it went in depth and used examples of schools and what they are going to use their money for.

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