Downeast Schoolhouse » G-Men http://downeastschoolhouse.com Education, bread, music, orneriness. In monstrous slabs. Irony in wee drams. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:35:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Vital? Not so Fast! http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2009/02/vital-not-so-fast/ http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2009/02/vital-not-so-fast/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:00:05 +0000 admin http://downeastschoolhouse.com/?p=1469 Here’s the lead editorial in Wednesday’s New York Times:

The stimulus measure being debated in Congress contains a vital $140 billion education package that would more than double the Education Department’s discretionary budget and give the federal government unprecedented leverage over a school-reform effort that has been controlled primarily by the states. Congress has to [...]]]> http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2009/02/vital-not-so-fast/feed/ 0