Race to the Top Finalists 2010

On March 4, 2010 - 16 Finalists Announced in Phase 1 of Race to the Top Competition Finalists to Present in Mid-March; Winners Announced in Early April. Department of Education announced that 15 states and the District of Columbia will advance as finalists for phase 1 of the Race to the Top competit

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Race to the Top Obama Education Assessment Program

Race to the Top Assessment Program On December 24, 2009, the U.S. Department of Education announced it will hold a second round of public input meetings as an extension of the Department's efforts to listen and learn from assessment experts and practitioners. To date the Department has convened

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Race To the Top Hawaii

Hawaii fails to get federal Race to the Top education funds. Officials knew all along that Hawai'i stood only a slim chance of being among the first round of finalists in the competition for a huge pool of federal education money, but word yesterday that the state didn't make the cut still came as a

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