Race to the Top bypasses state

28 July 2010, 6:00 pm

Nineteen finalists were recently announced in the second round of the $4 billion Race to the Top competition, but once again Oklahoma was left out. A spokesperson for U.S. Department of Education said 35 states and Washington, D.C., applied for a slice of the remaining $3.4 billion after Tennessee and Delaware split $600 million in the first round. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has said of ...... Read More »

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