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PROOF POINTS: Some of the $190 billion in pandemic money for schools actually paid off

by Jill Barshay July 1, 2024September 16, 2024

Reports about schools squandering their $190 billion in federal pandemic recovery money have been troubling. Many districts spent that money on things that had nothing to do with academics, particularly building renovations. Less common, but more eye-popping were stories about new football fields, swimming pool passes, hotel rooms at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas and […]

Race and Equity

Rich schools get richer

by Jill Barshay June 8, 2020November 20, 2020