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Buoyed by brave reforms, D.C. advances in Race to the Top

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D.C. schools in, Va. out in contest for federal aid

March 5, 2010

In a breaking story, Washington Post columnists Nick Anderson and Bill Turque report on D.C.’s rousing win in the first round of the Race to the Top contest for federal funding:

“The Obama administration gave a major lift Thursday to the reform agenda of Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee and D.C. charter school leaders, announcing that the District had joined 15 states as finalists in an unprecedented $4 billion contest for federal aid…”

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