February 13, 2009
Skeptics Say Billions for Education Won't Stimulate Economy
A stimulus bill working its way through Congress would help thousands of students pay for college and could give colleges money to fix crumbling buildings. But would spending billions of dollars on education really kick-start the economy?
That's the question many legislators and policy experts in Washington were asking last week as the U.S. Senate debated the roughly $900-billion measure.
Some members of Congress were calling for the removal of $16-billion for Pell Grants from
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