Comments on: Race To The Top… http://www.eduwonk.com/2009/12/race-to-the-top.html Education News, Analysis, and Commentary Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:00:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Miriam Freedman http://www.eduwonk.com/2009/12/race-to-the-top.html/comment-page-1#comment-132974 Miriam Freedman Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:24:46 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=5058#comment-132974 In all the talk of Race to the Top's $4.5 billion dollars, I've been puzzled-- where's any mention of the $12 billion dollars that's being added to special eductation? Where's any talk of reforming special ed before all these new dollars are added to a 30-year-old system in need of reform and accountability? Hmmmmm, $4.5 billion vs. $12 billion--why the focus only on the smaller number? In all the talk of Race to the Top’s $4.5 billion dollars, I’ve been puzzled– where’s any mention of the $12 billion dollars that’s being added to special eductation? Where’s any talk of reforming special ed before all these new dollars are added to a 30-year-old system in need of reform and accountability?

Hmmmmm, $4.5 billion vs. $12 billion–why the focus only on the smaller number?

]]> By: the hart http://www.eduwonk.com/2009/12/race-to-the-top.html/comment-page-1#comment-130542 the hart Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:30:33 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=5058#comment-130542 i think what he means is that the list looks like almost every state meaning so much for competition based on states who the most progressive with policy reforms (i.e., carrot and stick approach whittling the list down to those state)... seems not to be the case i think what he means is that the list looks like almost every state meaning so much for competition based on states who the most progressive with policy reforms (i.e., carrot and stick approach whittling the list down to those state)… seems not to be the case

]]> By: Scrooge McDuck http://www.eduwonk.com/2009/12/race-to-the-top.html/comment-page-1#comment-130486 Scrooge McDuck Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:48:10 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=5058#comment-130486 For those of us who aren't fluent in snark, please explain what you mean by your comment. For those of us who aren’t fluent in snark, please explain what you mean by your comment.

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