WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- States could begin Thursday applying for more than $4.3 billion in the U.S. Education Department's Race to the Top Fund that helps states reform their schools.
"The president said last week that Race to the Top will require states to take an all-hands-on-deck approach," Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Thursday. "We will award grants to the states that have led the way in reform and will show the way for the rest of the country to follow."