The promise and peril of Race to the Top

Los Angeles Times:

As encouraging as it is to see California in the running to win a Race to the Top grant for its schools, we can't help wondering how great a price the state will pay for the possibility of receiving as much as $700 million.

The U.S. Department of Education announced last week that California is one of 19 finalists in the second round of grant applications. Should it succeed -- and the odds are decent, because officials say that more than half the finalists will receive grants -- many of California's neediest schools will receive infusions of new money. Even so, we see this potential win as mixed news.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at August 3, 2010 1:32 AM
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