"Obama's Budget Blockbuster" (InsideHigherEd, 02/27/09)

The 2010 budget blueprint released by the Obama administration Thursday was decidedly bare bones, lacking detailed numbers for most federal programs and clocking in at about one-tenth the normal number of pages of explanatory material. But while the administration's proposal might have skimped on specifics, its proposal for the Education Department had no shortage of blockbuster ideas that, taken together, would begin to radically transform federal higher education programs.

"Trimmed Bill Still Offers Vast Sums for Education" (NYTimes, 02/09/09)

The economic stimulus bill that is expected to win passage in the Senate on Tuesday would provide about $83 billion for child care, public schools and universities.

That is a lot less than the $150 billion voted by the House, but would still account for a vast increase in the federal share of the nation’s education spending.

"The Senate Sheds Education Aid" (Inside Higher Ed, 02/09/09)

A compromise amendment worked out by moderate Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate late Friday slashed billions of dollars that would have flowed to colleges and universities in the Senate’s original version, with the biggest cuts coming in education aid to states and funds to modernize college facilities.

"What Arne Duncan Thinks of No Child Left Behind" (USNews & World Report, 02/0509)

The new education secretary talks about the controversial law and financial aid forms

"Stimulus Package Expected to Boost Education" (Edutopia, 02/04/09)

Educators have their eye on the federal government's funding plan, and how it might trickle down to the classroom.