The purpose of the U.S. Department of Education's online newsletter "The Education Innovator" is to promote innovative practices in education; to offer features on promising programs and practices; to provide information on innovative research, schools, policies, and trends; and to keep readers informed of key Department priorities and activities. This issue of the newsletter includes feature article "Stimulus to Help Meet the Changing Needs of Today's Students and Communities," outlining potential projects for the $100 billion from the American and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) investment in education, and underscoring the need for wise decision-making on the part of state and local education decision makers to maximize benefit to students and communities across the nation. Regular sections include: (1) What's New? and (2) Innovations in the News. [For "The Education Innovator. Volume VII, No. 2," see ED504417.]