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Why Is California Losing the Race to the Top?
President Obama set aside $4.3 billion for education reform and told states to compete in what he called, the Race to the Top . Governor Schwarzenegger and the Legislature battled for weeks before enacting a package of new laws , in the hopes of winning $700 million in federal dollars. Today, 16 winning states were announced out of 41 that…
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readPresident Obama set aside $4.3 billion for education reform and told states to compete in what he called, the Race to the Top. Governor Schwarzenegger and the Legislature battled for weeks before enacting a package of new laws, in the hopes of winning $700 million in federal dollars. Today, 16 winning states were announced out of 41 that applied -- but the Golden State was a loser. We ask the State Superintendent of Public Education and others what happened.
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Federal Finance Reform; California Losing Race to the Top- 0:00Whatever Happened to Finance Reform?
- 36:58Why Is California Losing the Race to the Top? You’re reading this
- 49:05California Students and Faculty Protest Education Cuts
The full episode
2 of 3Federal Finance Reform; California Losing Race to the Top- 0:00Whatever Happened to Finance Reform?
- 36:58Why Is California Losing the Race to the Top? You’re reading this
- 49:05California Students and Faculty Protest Education Cuts