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Finalists will present their proposals to a panel of reviewers in the next few weeks, and winners are expected to be announced in April, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Education.

One of Ohio's most respected educators was back in town last week to share his more than half-century of experience with other school leaders.

Richard Boyd was a guest of Cleveland State University’s Ohio Education Policy Fellowship Program , a 10-month program designed to develop high-level school leadership skills. Boyd is a former superintendent of Cleveland, Lakewood and Warren schools and was twice Mississippi’s state superintendent.

His address in Cleveland last week, titled “Jog to the Top,” touched on a wide variety of education issues.

Public education advocates are delighted to see $100 billion in federal stimulus money go to the nation’s schools, right?

Not necessarily.

Ever run through billions of dollars in a few months?

It’s not as easy as it might seem, especially when you have to account for every penny, fill out thousands of pages of paperwork and meet ever-moving deadlines.