Shortly after Obama's inauguration, the new president launched the Race to the Top competition, which let recession - addled states vie for billions in extra stimulus funding in exchange for agreeing to certain education reforms. (huffingtonpost.com)
I've little sense that the effort's champions are trying to hedge their bets in case there's a new administration in 2013 or GOP leaders turn out to have qualms about certain administration actions (such as its curious decision to casually hand $ 31.6 million in extra stimulus funds — RTT money, to be precise — to the two consortia for curricular design, and to do so without a bidding process). (educationnext.org)