A Look at Federally Funded Education Programs

The federal government accounts for approximately 9 percent of the country’s total investment in K-12 education (state and local sources provide the rest). The, 151 different programs that this 166.9 billion dollars funded (over FY 2006, 2007, 2008) - included a variety of goals and were administered throughout the country in different ways. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released their Overview of K-12 and Early Childhood Education Programs. This report to Congressional requestors, covers fiscal years 2006-2008, and addresses the federal expenditure on K-12 education, the characteristics of federally funded programs, and to what extent these programs complete evaluations. This report is a great tool for getting an overview of the programs funded by the federal government in the recent past, and to what degree those programs sought to determine their effectiveness.

Policies for ensuring Children are Healthy and Prepared to Succeed in School

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