No Race to the Top for MCPS

The Washington Post: Maryland, District join second round of Race to the Top education initiative

...For Maryland, the award could be $250 million. The state proposes to expand a "breakthrough center" to focus on helping low-performing schools. It pledges an overhaul of teacher evaluation, giving more weight to student achievement, and adoption of common academic standards. Maryland Department of Education spokesman William Reinhard said 22 of the state's school systems have endorsed the bid, with Montgomery and Frederick counties the only holdouts...