Scenarios about 'race to the top'
The educational reform initiative launched by the Obama administration in 2009 that awarded grants to states implementing specific educational policy changes. This competitive federal program encouraged states to adopt common standards, build data systems to measure student performance, improve teacher effectiveness, and implement strategies to transform struggling schools. Race to the Top represents a significant shift in federal education policy by using financial incentives to drive state-level reforms rather than mandating changes.
What If Charter Schools Were Never Established?
Exploring the alternate timeline where charter schools never emerged as an educational reform in the United States, and how this would have reshaped American education, policy debates, and social mobility.