Duncan Hears Complaints About “Race” Process, Second Round of RTT Applicants Sought

WASHINGTON, April 14 — Even as the second round of competition under Race to the Top (RTT) opens, one senator today criticized the approach the U.S. Department of Education (ED) is taking to choose which states will get a share of the remaining $3.4 billion and said that it had to be “changed.” (Article contains sidebar on the new call for Race to the Top applications, which are due June 1.)