3 supes head to DC to sell Race to the Top
Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
To emphasize its bottom-up, district-led approach, California will send three superintendents to Washington next week to lead its five-person delegation that will make the final pitch for the state’s Race to the Top application. Superintendents Ramon Cortines of Los Angeles Unified, Mike Hanson of Fresno Unified and Christopher Steinhauser of Long Beach Unified will be joined by a representative of the Department of Education — probably Chief Deputy Supt. Geno Flores — and the governor’s office. Might that be Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger himself? The office isn’t committing. Superintendents Ramon Cortines of Los Angeles Unified, Mike Hanson of Fresno Unified and Christopher Steinhauser of Long Beach Unified will be joined by a representative of the Department of Education — probably Chief Deputy Supt. Geno Flores — and the governor’s office. (more...)