Link to August 1 Los Angeles Times editorial, "The promise and peril of Race to the Top".
Excerpt: The worrisome part of the Race to the Top program is reflected in its very name — it is indeed a race to reform, quickly and dramatically, with inadequate attention to conducting pilot studies or discerning what research shows to work or not work in schools. California is among dozens of states that have scrambled to reinvent their education policies along the lines called for by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and we hope those changes won't prove counterproductive, especially because the grant, at its highest, would add up to less than 2% of what the state spends on public education in a year.
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