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Duncan wants California to resubmit
- 04-29-2010
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
A week ago, state officials were all set to abandon thoughts of re-applying to the Race to the Top. They’d been discouraged by California’s 27th place, out of 40 states, in the first round competition for federal dollars, and there’s not much time before the June 1 submission deadline. But then, over the weekend, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan personally called Gov. Schwarzenegger to ask California to stay in the running, according to two individuals in the know. And so top state officials – Education Secretary Bonnie Reiss, Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell and members of the state Board of Education – are once again thinking it through. (more...)
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