Education News

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Minnesota regroups on "Race to the Top"
Gov. Tim Pawlenty will meet with his education commissioner and other education leaders from around Minnesota today. They'll discuss the state's failed bid for millions of dollars in federal funds for schools, and whether to apply for that money again.
Federal investigators say the state Education Department didn't discriminate in its probes of the Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy charter school in Inver Grove Heights.
Minnesota faltering in education's 'Race to the Top?'
Two other states received $100-500 million in federal "Race to the Top" money for their schools, and Minnesota's application didn't even make the final cut. Can Minnesota be a leader in education?