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Ohio loses out to Tennessee and Delaware
Federal education officials picked Tennessee and Delaware — not Ohio — to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in the first round of Race to the Top funding, officials said Monday, March 29.
Earlier this year, 41 states applied to get a piece of the new $4.35 billion program being established by the Obama administration to encourage innovation in education. Ohio made the first cut as one of 16 semi-finalists but only Tennessee and Delaware were tapped for first-round funding.
Gov. Ted Strickland and State Superintendent Deborah Delisle said in a written statement that they were disappointed but pledged to retool Ohio’s application for round two of funding. “Our students deserve our best efforts to transform education and to build on the tremendous progress that we are making in Ohio,” they said. Ohio requested $409 million in Race to the Top funding.
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By Travis Aker
March 30, 2010 1:14 PM | Link to this
Let the democrats keep on shooting themselves in the foot. Thats exactly what there doing.
By Travis Aker
March 30, 2010 1:10 PM | Link to this
This how Obama funds our public schools by having a contest to see who gets the money or not. Wow what a idiot,its no brainer why more people are home schooling there kids.
By Rick
March 30, 2010 8:28 AM | Link to this
This is nice! This is how the federal government pits one state against another! Tax everyone in the country then re-distribute to the “conforming” states. Did Ten & Del. have to sell their souls!?
By The Truth
March 29, 2010 7:26 PM | Link to this
The reason this money was denied is they figured out what 99.9% of high schoolers in Ohio get on their SAT tests: Drool.
By Squirrellygirl
March 29, 2010 3:42 PM | Link to this
Strickland is Gov? What has he done for Ohio? I know he stood behind Brunner when she refused to investigate fraudulent voter registration claims in Ohio. Time to vote him out of office.