What Race to the Top really requires

Here is what the US Department of Education says our signing on to the Race to the Top (RTTT) fund contest actually entails – willingness of all participating local school districts to “change their practices.”

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Race to the Top: Joanne Weiss & Running the Race from Education Week on Vimeo.

Did districts really understand this when they signed on to support our RTTT application?

How much and what are we really committed to change if we take the RTTT dollars?

Will the feds largely wind up running Kentucky’s public education system?