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The U.S. Department of Education stimulus page provides guidance documents for the recently released stimulus funds and a timetable for the release of funds: http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html The Education Recovery and Reinvestment Center is a one-stop source for educators and policymakers to help them track developments and find current information on the ARRA. The site has been updated to include the new guidance released by the department. It includes a Fund Finder tool that quickly calculates the amount of funds a school district will receive under Title I and IDEA and also a new research and policy update on opportunities and strategies to advance teacher effectiveness under the ARRA: http://www.learningpt.org/recovery The Department of Education has released a detailed PowerPoint presentation on guiding principles and funding availability under the stimulus: http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/presentation The National Clearinghouse on Education Facilities has information on school construction and modernization under the stimulus: http://www.ncef.org/school-modernization The Center on Education Policy has prepared a brief that describes the key components of the ARRA and discusses some of the implementation issues that are not yet decided: http://www.cep-dc.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=document_ext.showDocumentByID&nodeID=1&DocumentID=254 The Center on Education Policy has also prepared an analysis of who will get Title I funds from the Stimulus Package: http://www.cep-dc.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=document_ext.showDocumentByID&nodeID=1&DocumentID=255 The Education Commission of the States has prepared an analysis of the ARRA, including how much new education funding states can expect to receive: http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/79/70/7970.pdf The Education Commission of the States has compiled state models for the four assurances in the Race to the Top Fund: http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/80/07/8007.pdf Education Week has a special Schools and the Stimulus page with links to all of its stories on the stimulus package: http://www.edweek.org/ew/collections/schools-stimulus/index.html The New America Foundation provides timely stimulus updates and analysis on its Ed Money Watch Blog: http://www.newamerica.net/blog/topics/education-stimulus-0 The Early Ed Watch Blog tracks stimulus developments around Head Start and Pre-K provisions: http://www.newamerica.net/blog/early_ed_watch
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