The Formula for Race to the Top Success – Hire a Winning Grant Writer
Local stories are picking apart why a specific state won or lost the Race to the Top. For example in Colorado, it was not highlighting their most relevant legislation – SB 191 (See Chad Aldeman’s earlier post) – and the lack of union support. In California, it was poor data systems, lack of union support and questions about whether the state could deliver (here). In the case of Ohio winning, it was a clerical error in New Jersey that made a difference. Of course absent that error, perhaps bloggers would be talking about the effectiveness of New Jersey’s presentation team, and the Andy Smarick effect