Transcript: U.S. Unveils Education Stimulus Rules

STEVE INSKEEP
NPR Morning Edition
11-12-2009
U.S. Unveils Education Stimulus Rules

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time 11:00-12:00 PM


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STEVE INSKEEP, host:

The U.S. Education Department has more than $4 billion in stimulus money that it's prepared to hand out. The White House says the Race to the Top fund will set off a wave of innovation by rewarding the best ideas for improving student achievement. That's what the White House says. But before a dollar has been awarded, the fund is controversial.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

LARRY ABRAMSON: Physics students know this: A good way to move a big, heavy object is with a lever. If the big object is the U.S. education system, the lever is ...

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