Links in Education Week: January 25, 2012

What Is the Cost of Virtual Ed.?

• “The Costs of Online Learning” is by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

Study Exhorts States To Accelerate Use Of Education Data

• “Data for Action 2011: Empower With Data” is by the Data Quality Campaign.

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Duncan Plans to Give Districts Shot at Winning Race to Top

• In an interview with Education Week, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said most of the $550 million in new Race to the Top money would go to districts.