The NY Times’ Sam Dillon this morning writes up the groundbreaking stimulus bill that Republicans chose to ignore. (Though is seems that governors who actually have to run their states aren’t ignoring it.)
Our interest in this bill, due to be signed today by President Obama, was in the historic opportunity to save jobs/fill state and local budget gaps while also pushing some ong-overdue reform of public education.
We continue to believe that the Duncan and his team have a chance to move this thing to new heights. But we also understand that government isn’t always so great at this stuff. So we’re cautiously optimistic. Our statement on the package deal is after the jump.