Race to Top judges give state low score

03-30-2010

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has left plenty of money on the table for the second round of Race to the Top, with the selection of only Delaware and Tennessee as first-round winners. But California will have to elbow its way past a slew of states promoting more far-reaching reforms to get a penny of the untouched $3.5 billion. Without a major rewrite of its proposal and vigorous support from skeptical teachers unions, California’s chances at the moment look slim. California ranked 27th out of the 40 states in the first round rankings released on Monday. Based a 500-point scale, California rated a measly score of 337 – way behind Delaware’s top 455 and Tennessee’s 444. (more...)

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