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Arne Duncan

Education Secretary challenges innovation

Posted by on 30 March 2009
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan has issued a challenge to those school receiving stimulus money. Those continually investing in the status quo will not be rewarded. Those schools who find new and innovative ways to spend their money will be rewarded. The Race to the Top Fund will be distributed to schools who show their innovative ways to prevent layoffs and program cuts. The more innovative the schools are, the more they'll be rewarded. We've talked about the importance of education when it comes to the quality of innovation our future generations produce. Do you think this is a good way to encourage schools to increase creativeness?

Read more on the package at The Washington Post.

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