Between 1995-96 and 2003-04, institutional merit aid alone increased 212%, compared with 47% for need-based grants.

As Kunar and Horowitz report, those who were making the equivalent of a hands-free call had an average reaction time 212 milliseconds slower than those who were not.

Coffman says he wants to know whether district officials hid the budget shortage until after the November election, when voters approved a $212 million bond issue for schools.