Strauss: Race to Top winner failed on standards
In new Education Next report: Tennessee got "F," Delaware "C."
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U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan (AP)Posted at 6:30 AM ET, 05/ 6/2010
Harvard study gives Race to Top winners bad grades on academic standards
One of the two states chosen by Education Secretary Arne Duncan as a winner in the first round of the $4 billion Race to the Top competition has academic standards that earned the grade of ‘F’ in a new study by Harvard University researchers, while the other state got a ‘C minus.’
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Posted at 12:45 PM ET, 05/ 5/2010
What happens to my high schools list if Newsweek is sold?
I can assure you that as long as I am alive and capable of carrying on the delightful work of keeping in touch with educators at our most challenging high schools every year, the Top High Schools list will be published.
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Ed Buzz: The Nation
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- Alaska opts out of Race to Top(Education Week)
- Arizona targets ethnic studies programs(Education Week)
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- Illinois school fighting cyber-bullying(Chicago Tribune)
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- Schools tackle teacher-on-teacher bullying (USA Today)
Ed Buzz: The Region
- Cuccinelli backs Patrick Henry funding deal (Richmond Times Dispatch)
- Frederick Community College ups tuition (The Gazette)
- Va. phasing out test for special needs students (Examiner)
- Md. falling behind on ed. reforms(Baltimore Sun)
- Va. gets $59.8 million to overhaul struggling schools (Washington Times)
- Are school lunches a threat to national security? (WUSA)
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