School Improvements stimulus

The darker the state, the greater percentage of schools marked for an upgrade in the stimulus bill.

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More charts based on White House data about the impact of the stimulus on each state.

One category of stimulus spending is aimed at improving public schools. I divided the numbers provided in the White House report by the total number of schools in each state, which is provided by the Department of Education.

You see a wide variation from place to place. For example, 3.4 of schools in Minnesota and 18.4 percent of schools in New York will be provided with the "the labs, classrooms and libraries" necessary to ensure competitiveness in the twenty-first century.

categories: Unpacking the Stimulus

11:28 - February 10, 2009

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