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Is 'Race to the Top' Producing Education Reform?
"Race to the Top" gets less than 1% of education spending, but President Obama calls it "the most ambitious program in decades." We talk to the head of the Race to the Top Fund and others about teacher accountability, charter schools and equity for minority children. Also, BP to scale back Gulf clean-up efforts, and speculation amidst the secrecy surrounding Chelsea Clinton's wedding.
By Warren Olney • • 50m Listen"Race to the Top" gets less than 1% of education spending, but President Obama calls it "the most ambitious program in decades." We talk to the head of the Race to the Top Fund and others about teacher accountability, charter schools and equity for minority children. Also, BP's new CEO says it's time to scale back Gulf clean-up efforts, and it's been called the wedding of the year, the century, and even the millennium. The only people invited are actually known to Chelsea Clinton. We hear about this Sunday's event in Rhinebeck on the Hudson.
Banner image: President Barack Obama delivers remarks during the Urban League Centennial Conference at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, July 29, 2010. Official White House photo: Chuck Kennedy
