This Week In Education RTTT: Did Sloppy McKinsey Work Cost Minnesota?

This Week In Education

RTTT: Did Sloppy McKinsey Work Cost Minnesota?

by Alexander Russo

Much was made of the outside help that some states got from the Gates Foundation (and whodominated the RTTT finalists list), but this Minnesota Public Radio segment (Application called 'sloppy') reveals that at least one state isn't sure that it was helped all that much:

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