We seem to be in the new world of RTTT -- one way or the other. Apply or don't apply -- win or don't win -- it seems that we will be living with the effects either way. The California list of Persistently Low Achieving Schools (along with some its 800 API schools) is only ONE reflection of this matter with which we will be living.
I found it MOST interesting in a Time magazine article on the Obama Stimulus that Secretary of Education Duncan is bit incredulous (as am I) that even without money States have rushed to change things -- just with the potential of being eligible. "'We've seen more reform in the last year than we've seen in decades, and we haven't spent a dime yet,' says Education Secretary Arne Duncan."
There is a good analysis of the RTTT scoring for the California application at the Educated Guess blog site -- interesting! For a "from-beyond-California" view, here is also a NY Times editorial on the RTTT matter from an east coast (and RTTT winner) view.
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