According to WNYC News: New York is among the winners of the much sought after Race to the Top federal education grants.
The grant could be worth up to $700 million to help the state kickstart education reforms, which include finding new ways of getting high quality teachers, improving the curriculum and testing, and creating a database to track students from kindergarten to college.
The state lost its first bid for a Race to the Top grant earlier this year when Tennessee and Delaware were the only winners. Other winners are Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington, D.C.
This second round of grants is worth a total of about $3.4 billion over three years.