25 of the 41 Race to the Top applicantions were completed with help from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which gave selected states as much as $250,000 to hire consultants. Will the help guarantee success?
With $377 million dollars at stake, Colorado's Lt. Governor, Barbara O'Brien, has her work cut out for her. She's got to convince 178 local districts that the state's Race to the Top plan will work for them.
Poor nations export citizens. The more educated they are, the more likely they are to leave. Can the brain drain be stopped?
Diane Ravitch questions Race to the Top and the federal government’s new role in public education.
Kati Haycock is president of the Education Trust, an organization that advocates reform in education. She is also a big supporter of Race to the Top.
John Merrow talks with four DC teachers who were laid off during the Reduction in Force (RIF).
George Parker talks about the 229 teachers who lost their jobs earlier this school year.
Jason Kamras, one of the architects of IMPACT and the Director of Human Capital Management for Washington, talks about the DC’s teachers evaluation system and how he thinks it is going to change teaching in DC.
Segment producers Jane Renaud and John Tulenko just finished reporting on the effects of the stimulus money on the Rochester school system. They talk about that experience.
New Orleans School Superintendent Paul Vallas is a tough interview. It isn’t because he is reticent—he’s almost too enthusiastic and almost impossible to rein in.
