Online Review and Rating for Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge Begins
Rating period ends Friday, April 29 at 11:59 PM ET
WASHINGTON – Public review and rating of the six high school finalists in the Race to the Top Commencement Challenge begins today and ends Friday, April 29 at 11:59 pm ET. Rating of the schools will be based on a short video from each school, produced with support from the Get Schooled Foundation, along with an essay on how each school is preparing its students to win the future and achieve the goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020.
President Obama taped a video message encouraging the public to go towww.whitehouse.gov/commencement and rate the final six schools. Schools will be rated on a scale from 1 to 5 (with 5 being the best). The three schools with the highest average ratings will be announced on Monday, May