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Race to the Top: What Grantmakers Can Learn from the First Round

Publication date: 
06/2010
The nation's foundation community has provided critical financial and technical support to states applying for the first round of the U.S. Department of Education's "Race to the Top" education reform competition. Yet according to this issue brief from the Foundation Center, created from interviews conducted in March and April 2010 with foundation staff, education consultants, and government leaders who had guided the first-round application process in nine states, the success of future collaborations will depend on government including grantmakers in the development of new policies and...
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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
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Education

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Release Date: 
10/18/2018
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