NATIONAL:Who Would Have Guessed The Race Would Look Like This? (Democrats for Education Reform)
36 States to Apply in Round 1 (Education Week Politics K-12 blog)
CALIFORNIA:
Campaign cash from charters driving Governor's, state's goals? (Contra Costa Times)
Editorial: Schools race to -- where, exactly? (Los Angeles Times)
Politics, politics (AP)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: DC gets to apply, too (Washington Post)
GEORGIA: State a 'frontrunner' (Gainesville Times)
LOUISIANA:
State bid would impact teacher evaluation, pay (The Advocate - Baton Rouge)
Educators wary of state plan (The Advocate - Baton Rouge)
MARYLAND: Editorial: Gates rejection a 'wake-up call' (Baltimore Sun)
MASSACHUSETTS: Op-ed from Stand for Children, Black Leaders for Excellence in Education (The Boston Globe)
MICHIGAN:
Race to the trough in Michigan? (Ann Arbor.com)
Editorial: Legislature's 'racing', but to where? (Lansing State Journal)
NEVADA: Editorial: Governor Gibbons' failure to lead (Las Vegas Sun)
NEW YORK:
Strategy to be unveiled (Gotham Schools)
More charters, teacher testing part of plan (Albany Times-Union)
OHIO: State eligibility caught up in budget stand-off? (The Columbus Dispatch)
SOUTH DAKOTA: State probably a 'long shot' (Sioux Falls Argus Leader)
TENNESSEE: State partnership with Battelle to focus on STEM (The Tennesseean)
WASHINGTON: Editorial: 'Beggars can't be whiners' (The News Tribune - Tacoma)
