Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Eduwonk � Blog Archive � Suzanne Tachney On State EAOs & RTT

Eduwonk � Blog Archive � Suzanne Tachney On State EAOs & RTT

Suzanne Tachney On State EAOs & RTT

Yesterday Alice Cain discussed how RTT was about more than money. Today PIE-NET’s Suzanne Tachney shares the view of state advocacy leaders about the competition.

No Safety In Numbers?

By Suzanne Tachney

Last week, Eduwonk and I traded emails on the relevance of the Eastern flavor of the Race to the Top winners. Did you notice that seven of the twelve winning states are stops on the Amtrak Acela line to Washington DC? Now that’s the stuff of conspiracies! I did. He thought it was coincidence.

Seriously, I don’t buy the chatter about rigged outcomes for political gain either. If the Colorado scores tell us