Monday, May 30, 2011
Race to the Top focus on early childhood education, child care and family access
Race to the Top funds getting leaner these days not as much as in yesteryear $200 million up for grabs compared to $4 billion when New York qualified for the school improvement competition last year. The feds are pumping $500 million for states to compete to raise the quality of early learning, child care and to increase the access of families to them. What happens to all the policies states enacted to qualify for the school improvement RTTT competitive grants when the money runs out?
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Whitney Tilson (3rd background)
"Let’s be honest: we need a lot more well-off, well-educated white folks with a personal stake in both charter schools and education reform in general if we’re going to take reform to the next level, both politically and operationally.Whitney Tilson, hedge fund manager and major funding angel for the school privatizing Democrats for Education Reform, thinks there’s not enough rich, educated white folks.( Preaprez) click photo to his blog.
Arne Duncan
U.S. Secretary of Education, click photo
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