Today the winners of the closely monitored Race to the Top Competition, organized by the Department of Education were announced. The competition aims at providing educational reforms for certain elite schools that meet certain strict criteria. The end of Round 2 came to a close on Tuesday after 9 states emerged winners and were awarded educational funds. [...]
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Pakistan Set To Forfeit Independence Celebrations
Today marks Pakistan’s 64th birthday of Independence, however there were few celebrations. Recently Pakistan has been engulfed in what many have considered as the worst flooding disaster the country has ever seen. Pakistan’s PM Yusuf Raza Gilani, made a televised announcement in which he stated that about $20 million people have been displaced by the floods [...]
Innovation Grants Awarded To Teach For America
Every year the Federal Government gives out grants to Financial Learning Institutions to finance learning. This year though, a competition was held to determine how these funds were to be allocated. This year Teach for America a non profit group that recruits outstanding college students to teach in public school and the KIPP foundation which [...]