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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

School Tech Connect: The Recklessness of Race To The Top

School Tech Connect: The Recklessness of Race To The Top

The Recklessness of Race To The Top

It turned out to be an expensive, unfunded mandate in the middle of a pernicious recession.

This from the great Jim Broadway, of State School News, who sends out the most valuable email updates in the entire state:
"Education 'reforms' with high fiscal impact were enacted last spring to bolster the state's application for a federal RTTT grant. The grant didn't happen, and the ciagrette tax aimed at generating $375 million to pay for the new programs also failed. But the reforms remain to compete