The Portland Public Schools actually saw through the bullshit that is Race to the Top and declined. They are being scolded for turning down 'free money'. Something you can only say if you've not read the requirements of the grant and crunched the numbers to see what it will really bring. This isn't free money, it's extortion. The entire grant, and more, will be spent on compliance and consultants. None will go directly into the classroom, with the exception of badly written, poorly thought-out 'curriculum products' (read: scripts) that will cause more teachers to abandon ship.
http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/110355/its-easy-fleece-charter-schools#
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