Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Local Buy-In Helps Two States Win Race to Top

Here's a lengthy Ed Week article about it, with a nice quote from DFER's Charles Barone:

Putting so much money up for grabs in round two "sets up the best possible dynamics for states," said Charles Barone, the director of federal legislation for the New York City-based political action committee Democrats for Education Reform. He noted that states now have the added benefit of seeing peer reviewers' comments, which will provide a road map for winning in round two.