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Best- and worst-case scenarios for how school stimulus dollars will be spent

April 13, 2021

BY debraabritt

Chad Aldeman
Published March 26, 2021 on The Thomas B. Fordham Institute

In the last year, Congress has now invested nearly $200 billion to support K-12 education. It’s an unprecedented federal infusion of money, but will it lead to an unprecedented recovery effort? In this blog, Chad Aldeman considers the range of possibilities.

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