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Every weekday I’m sharing top education stories with you. It’s a little more brief than usual because we’re putting the finishing touches on a special package on teacher compensation for tomorrow. Read and discuss: Race to the Top support levels in each state are scrutinized, the demand for educated workers is outgrowing supply and six D.C. schools that didn’t meet federal No Child Left Behind goals are being overhauled.

• The for Race to the Top applications is being examined at EdWeek.

• The demand for workers with college degrees by 2018, a Wall Street Journal blog reported today.

• Six low-performing schools in D.C. after failing to meet No Child Left Behind goals — forcing 150 teachers to reapply for their jobs, The Washington Post reported today.

• A school system in Virginia is onto students who are .

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