Nice try but no Race to the Top grant Posted: 24 Aug 2010 08:56 AM PDT California won’t be getting any money in the second round of Race to the Top. Education Week and other sources reported this morning that nine states and the District of Columbia will share $4.3 billion. They are Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Rhode Island. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan [...]  |
San Diego and San Jose rated reform-resistant Posted: 24 Aug 2010 01:03 AM PDT San Diego and San Jose are unrivaled as hubs of innovation in high tech, green tech and biotech. But in terms of fostering a climate for education innovation, San Jose is no Silicon Valley, and San Diego is in the Rust Belt with Detroit and Gary, Indiana. At least that’s view of the Thomas B. Fordham [...]  |
MIT, with several courageous universities to follow, shows it is made of
sterner stuff
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Elite institutions ranging from Columbia University to CBS News to the
Paul, Weiss law firm have capitulated to Donald Trump’s bullying. Under the
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