Hey, big spenders! These days you might be surprised to learn that Race to the Top isn't the only high roller in education (although it has generated quite a bit of buzz). Just ask the teacher who spent one thousand smackaroos on her classroom or the principal who's camping outside his school in the hopes of winning a five hundred thousand dollar prize in a facebook competition. And now the Department of Agriculture is getting in on the education spending ? it set aside one million in grants for low-income schools that have community gardening programs. Puts a new spin on going green, doesn't it?
-Kyle Kennedy, Fordham Intern