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The Race is On
on November 12, 2009
Policy & Technology
The U.S Department of Education opened the “Race To The Top” grant competition today – states can now fight for a slice of the $4.35 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding.
ABC's George Stephanopoulos comments on whether the administration compromised too much, having considered around 1,100 comments on the draft guidelines. After this consideration, Stephanopoulos writes that the administration included union-supported changes in the final application. "While the unions expressed satisfaction with the plan, reform advocates and policy experts claim the administration watered down its agenda."
President Obama’s education reforms contain the evaluation of teachers based on student performance, as well as embracing charter schools. The unions, however, offered strong objections to both criteria in their comments on the proposed guidelines -- today, according to ABC, the DOE appeared to budge in those areas.
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