Feds Visit Hawaii, Check Race To The Top Progress
U.S. Department of Education officials are in Hawaii Monday and Tuesday to check on the state’s progress fulfilling ambitious Race to the Top promises.
Hawaii was one of 10 states (and D.C.) to win in the second round of the federal grant competition last year. The state is to receive $75 million spread over four years to help set in motion permanent education reforms.
Visits from the U.S. Department of Education are going to occur annually for the duration of the grant period to ensure the reforms are actually happening.
Hawaii already received permission earlier this year to push back the deadlines on some of its promises. (Read about what Hawaii committed to do for the Race to the Top.)
Each fall the federal officials will release the results of their on-site reviews in a report. Hawaii is one of the last states to get reviewed this year, followed only by New York and Tennessee.
Read a news article on this week’s visit at the .
