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McDonnell withdraws Virginia from Obama's Race to the Top school reform program

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 108, Clicks: 24) View Story

Gov. Robert F. McDonnell pulled Virginia out of President Obama's Race to the Top school reform derby Wednesday, a turnabout after he had pushed hard for the state to get a share of the $4 billion in federal funding.

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#1 by nitajo posted ago

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McDonnell cited the common standards initiative as a key reason for the withdrawal. He said the state would not abandon its benchmarks, known as the Standards of Learning.

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#2 by nitajo posted ago

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Wright said that she was "distraught" at the inability to compete but that she supported the withdrawal.
We, collectively, in Virginia have made the decision that substituting the common core standards for our Standards of Learning is not a prudent thing to do. -- Patricia I. Wright

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#3 by Buldog posted ago

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