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  1. Blog: Maryland Officials Squabble Over Race to the Top http://bit.ly/59TEIh 7:38 AM Dec 23rd from twitterfeed
  2. Blog: Friday Reading List: Snowbound Edition http://bit.ly/7Wlgq2 11:31 AM Dec 18th from twitterfeed
  3. Blog: Race to the Top Hopefuls: Clear the Week of March 15 http://bit.ly/7hqPXH 11:31 AM Dec 18th from twitterfeed
  4. Blog: Creative Race to the Top Lawmaking http://bit.ly/64bv8t 8:44 AM Dec 18th from twitterfeed
  5. Blog: 14 States Fail Gates' Race to the Top Test http://bit.ly/7Spv2A 12:25 PM Dec 17th from twitterfeed
  6. RT @educationweek: Blog: Congressional Appropriators Give IES a Slap on the Wrist http://bit.ly/694Ayt 1:33 PM Dec 15th from web
  7. @bruceAfuchs STEM beat coverage at Edweek still up in the air. Will keep u posted. 6:58 PM Dec 13th from Twitterrific
  8. Race to the Top Insights: Part 2: After listening to the second half of the U.S. Department of Education's Race to ... http://bit.ly/5vTZGk 3:57 PM Dec 10th from twitterfeed
  9. When will RttT money actually flow to winning states? Weeks or months. "It's not like the money will flow in days," Weiss says. 1:24 PM Dec 10th from web
  10. Ed. Dept. advises states to limit RttT apps to 100 pages for the app, 250 pages for appendix. 1:19 PM Dec 10th from web
  11. RT @charteralliance WOW, great RttT question: So, if the bar is "very high" in round 1, are you saying something about weakening in phase 2? 1:17 PM Dec 10th from web
  12. RttT state finalists will make in-person presentations to judges. No consultants allowed. 1:08 PM Dec 10th from web
  13. At RttT seminar, Hawaii, with one statewide school system, seems perturbed, notes that Ed. Dept. wrote RttT for the 49 other states. 12:41 PM Dec 10th from web
  14. Gates folks report 24 states applied for RttT tech. assistance grant, 10 got it, but won't name names. MD didn't win. Who else did/didn't? 12:28 PM Dec 10th from web
  15. Ed. Dept. wisely advises states not to make up data when they're trying to establish their baseline data for RttT. 11:36 AM Dec 10th from web
  16. RT @charteralliance SC asks: can you please define tenure because concern is that "contract" is being read as tenure by some. 11:28 AM Dec 10th from web
  17. Race to the Top Insights: Part 1: I spent the morning in a U.S. Department of Education technical-assistance planni... http://bit.ly/6MYYb1 10:55 AM Dec 10th from twitterfeed
  18. RT @charteralliance AR, question can we set up endowments with R2T funding! Literally, ED Laughed at them. And then said NO. 9:01 AM Dec 10th from web
  19. MD is biggest RttT disappointment; Gates won't fund their technical assistance grant request, so writes @smarick http://bit.ly/6t9Vsb 6:25 AM Dec 10th from web
  20. RttT czar J. Weiss says ED will not extend Ph 1 deadline, promises there will be lots of losers in Ph 1 & "plenty of money" left for Ph 2 6:16 AM Dec 10th from web
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