The National Association of Scholars has??posted an article that highlights the work Andy Smarick has done tracking the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, the economic stimulus).
Andy's two reports in the series, "Education Stimulus Watch ," were published by the American Enterprise Institute, where he's an adjunct fellow (he's also a distinguished visiting fellow here at Fordham of course!). The reports analyze ARRA's key education components and why they might not deliver and track ARRA's contribution to the three points of reform : Recovery-First Funds, the Race to the Top program, improvements in state education policies. NAS also??highlights an AEI blog post Andy did this week??regarding ARRA.??He has written a few Flypaper posts on the subject as well.
Congrats to Andy on his interesting work! The NAS article states: "We applaud Smarick's work in providing accountability for how the education funds of the stimulus bill are being allocated, and we look forward to reading his findings in the next report."