Race to the Top: Does it Work? The White House's budget proposal goes on line this week with a distinct focus on "out-educating" the nation's global competitors. A central idea behind the administration's vision is to rework the No Child Left Behind law using the Education ...
Diane Ravitch responded to Race to the Top: Does it Work? on February 14, 2011 08:17 AM Race to the Top gets an F Race to the Top is a terrible precedent for federal funding. For one reason, it replaces the principle of equity (funding the students with the greatest needs) with the spurious notion of a "race," with winners and losers. ...
Sandy Kress responded to Race to the Top: Does it Work? on February 14, 2011 08:00 AM How Could We Possibly Know? President Obama and Secretary Duncan are smart people. Yet, how in the world can they say, as President Obama did in the State of the Union address, that Race to the Top is the "most meaningful reform of our public schools ...
