Arizona Education Network

March 29, 2010

Monday, Secretary of Education Arnie Duncan announced that Tennessee and Delaware were the only two winners of Phase One of the Race to the Top grants.  Tennessee was awarded almost $500 million and Delaware was awarded almost $100 million.

Delaware ranked first with 454.6 out of a possible 500 rubric score; Tennessee ranked second with 444.2 points.  Arizona ranked fortieth out of forty-one applicants with a score of 240.2 out of 500.  For a complete listing of the order and scores of the states that applied, click here.

Applications for Phase Two are due June 1, 2010.  Arizona is eligible to apply for this next phase of grants.  Duncan announced that 10-15 winners were expected in the next round of the competition for the remaining $3.4 billion.

Since this is the end of Phase One of the competition, scores and comments from the unsuccessful applications were released to the public.  To read Arizona’s Technical Review Form – Tier 1, click here.  To read Arizona’s Panel Review, click here.

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For further information see below.

Delaware and Tennessee Win First Race to The Top Grants, U.S. Department of Education Press Release, March 29, 2010, ED.Gov

U.S. Names Education Grant Winners, New York Times, March 29, 2010

Tags: Arizona education budget, Arizona education funding, Arizona Race to the Top, Race for the top, Race for the Top Arizona, Race to the Top Arizona

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