Obama announces $4.35-billion school-funding competition

The Race to the Top Fund will offer grants to school districts as part of the president's efforts to raise standards. An additional $5.6 billion will go to other programs. Taking a break from pushing his healthcare reform agenda today, President Obama introduced what was described as the largest-ever federal investment in education reform, which includes a competition aimed at bringing K-12 schools in line...

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