Quotable:
"There is just no excuse not to deal with this issue and deal with it quickly, deal with it directly, and deal with it in a straightforward manner. Put the kids back in school, get the instructional days back on the board, and then face up to whatever else you have to do in order to meet your fiscal obligations."
-U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, on Hawaii's teacher furlough dilemma
Honolulu Advertiser: Hawaii stimulus funds use draws fire
Notable:
325,000:
Number of education jobs--teachers, principals and other educators--retained or created through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding, according to figures given to the federal government by individual states.
Washington Post: Education jobs boost connected to stimulus