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Fifty-six million kids are heading back to school this fall. It's shaping up to be a year when schools face more demands with fewer resources.

We have three reports on the challenges confronting schools this year. Jennifer Wing of member station KPLU reports reports on the Seattle School District's 34 million dollar deficit.

NPR's Greg Allen reports on what school officials in the Miami-Dade system will do when money from the economic stimulus package runs out.

With the unemployment rate nearing 10 percent, people are starting to wonder why the massive federal economic stimulus package hasn't put more people to work.

One of the programs that was supposed to produce tens of thousands of jobs quickly, is encountering some unexpected hangups.

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President Obama's approval rating has dipped below 50 percent in the swing state of Ohio. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) talks with Steve Inskeep about whether the economic stimulus package is working.

Brown says people in his state are frustrated because they had hoped to see results from the plan by now.

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University of Texas at Austin faculty are available to provide expert perspectives on issues related to President Barack Obama's $787 billion plan to stimulate the economy, including healthcare reform, the impact on financial and auto industries, and federal funding for advancements in green technology.

Obama's Bumpy Path to Economic Recovery Bruce Buchanan Professor of Government College of Liberal Arts 512-232-7212 bruceb [at] mail [dot] la [dot] utexas [dot] edu An [...]