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Race to the Top needs charter schools
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
In mid-January Missouri applied for nearly $750 million of the U.S. Department of Education's $4.35 billion Race to the Top program. The competitive grant program, which was announced last July by President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, aims to bolster states which are seeking education-reform initiatives that improve student achievement.
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