Race to the Top: "Not Long For this World"?

[Smarmie Doofus]

So says Perdido Street blog. Perdido is ordinarily spot on. But he links to Education Week which is behind a paywall... for me at least. So I'm not sure I agree 100% w. his analysis.

But I definitely share his sentiment. Nothing could be worse than the utter educational incoherence we have presently.






>>>Some Good News Out Of The Election - Race To The Top Is Probably Not Long For This World
A Republican-controlled House and Senate is almost certain to try and dump the Obama education agenda, including Race to the Top and the school turnaround program:

Conservatives will almost certainly use the budget process to try to eliminate the Obama administration's favorite competitive-grant programs, such as Race to the Top, Investing in Innovation, and the School Improvement Grant program. GOP lawmakers in the House have tried for the past few years to scrap those programs, but Senate Democrats have always championed them in budget negotiations.

Conservatives will undoubtedly push school choice and vouchers.

But we may also see a NCLB Jr. bill come to the president's desk that gets rid of some of the more controlling features of NCLB Sr:

Alexander, a former U.S. Secretary of Education under President George H.W. Bush, has already laid out his education priorities, which include overhauling the NCLB law and tackling higher education legislation.

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The starting point for Alexander would be a bill he introduced last year to renew the NCLB law. The plan garnered support from every GOP member of the committee, but didn't get a single Democratic cosponsor.

The measure would significantly scale back the federal role in K-12 policy, allowing states to devise their own accountability plans, among other thing
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[zazen]

1. good--I hope they defund the Common Core, though the BFEE makes a lot of money on it

through Pearson educational materials and testing. Since RTTT was the way to force state's to adopt CC standards, cutting it may enable states to disentangle themselves a little more easily.