Senate to strip most education funding from the stimulus bill

That's the word on the street (and on the hill). As I explain below, that's not such a bad thing. But it would be a huge setback for the Administration, which needs to get its messaging straight on this piece of the stimulus. Will it stimulate the economy? Is it a bailout? If it is a bailout, what will the government expect from the nation's public school system in return? And if it's a long-term investment in America's future, why not wait and debate that through the regular appropriations process?