Race to the Top

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President Barack Obama takes aim at an issue that resonates with a constituency likely to be important to his re-election campaign: college students struggling to pay off their student loans.
January 27, 2012 - Education Week
States have similar challenges in executing dramatic change and transforming teacher-evaluation systems.
January 17, 2012 - Education Week
Ten New York districts had School Improvement Grants suspended for failure to revise evaluations.
January 10, 2012 - Education Week
Grant recipients risk losing millions of dollars in Race to the Top money if they fail to live up to their promises, federal education officials make clear.
January 9, 2012 - Education Week
The nine states splitting Race to the Top early-learning grants must now deliver on a slate of ambitious promises to improve the quality of early-childhood education for low-income children.
January 3, 2012 - Education Week
The 2012 federal spending plan reflects the Obama administration's success in defending Race to the Top and other programs from funding cuts.
December 21, 2011 - Education Week
Teacher evaluation proves among the toughest issues as Hawaii seeks to put its $75 million Race to the Top grant into effect.
December 13, 2011 - Education Week
A state law, which helped Tennessee win Race to the Top money, pushed schools to implement a system that had limited pilot-testing.
October 18, 2011 - Education Week
The advocacy group put a spotlight on states' prekindergarten spending and priorities.
October 4, 2011 - Education Week
Ambitious student-achievement targets turn up the heat, as winners of the $4 billion federal grant effort push to deliver.
September 28, 2011 - Education Week

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