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Accountability in the Race To The Top program
- 03-09-2010
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By Eliza Krigman/NationalJournal
The Education Department last week announced 16 finalists for a big chunk of the $4.35 billion it's giving out through its Race to the Top grant competition for elementary and secondary schools. Elsewhere around the country, college students were protesting education budget cuts and states were still struggling to fund education at all levels because of the poor economy. And the stimulus funds that states have relied upon run out later this year. The Race to the Top competition requires winners to use the money to implement education reform plans. Is there concern, however, that cash-strapped states will use some of the grant money to backfill their budgets? What can be done to ensure accountability? (more...)
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