Over at Flypaper, Andy Smarick wonders whether today’s RttT results will put pressure on losing states to water down their applications. Smarick observes that the two winning states, Delaware and Tennessee, had both good applications and broad buy-in from districts and unions. As Smarick notes, losing states with bold proposals could wonder: “Which is better: a bold plan with no buy-in or a watered-down plan with buy-in?”
But doesn’t this also put pressure on the stakeholders, particularly districts and unions? With states facing such large budget shortfalls, who wants to be the group standing between a strong RttT application and millions of federal dollars? Doesn’t seem like much fun to explain to schools facing budget cuts why resisting some reforms was worth losing out on a lot of extra money.
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Except that you can’t use the money in any way that fills the budget gaps. Locally, we could get RttT funds and still have to lay off teachers.
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