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NATIONAL Creative RttT Lawmaking (Politics K-12) RttT Hopefuls: Clear The Week of March 15, 2010 (Politics K-12) States Struggle With Pk-20 Data ( Education Week ) CALIFORNIA State senate passes RttT reform bill (AP) Bill addresses failing schools ( San Francisco Chronicle ) Final bill could be passed "before the holidays" ( Los Angeles Times ) Assembly Speaker: Race is 'on track' ( San Jose Mercury News ) FLORIDA Teachers union says 'no' to state plan (Teacher Beat) Unions balking on Race ( Orlando Sentinel ) Florida Dems cry foul ( St. Petersburg Times - The Gradebook blog) 63 of 67 school districts sign on ( Miami Herald ) HAWAII Failure to address teacher furlough could jeopardize RttT chances ( Honolulu Star-Bulletin ) IDAHO State supe stumps for RttT ( Times-News ) Luna: Charter school cap to stay ( Times-News ) ILLINOIS RttT funds could target lowest performing schools ( Chicago Daily Herald ) INDIANA DoE rolls out RttT proposal summary ...

CALIFORNIA: State can't seem to put one foot in front of the other ( Education Week ) District officials wary of Race to the Top ( The Press-Enterprise - San Bernardino) HAWAII: ED official pushes solution to teacher furlough debacle ( Honolulu Advertiser ) ILLINOIS: State 'fine tunes' application ( Chicago Current ) INDIANA: Disagreement over using student test scores to evaluate teachers ( Fort Wayne Journal Gazette ) LOUISIANA: Teacher evaluation reform central to state proposal ( The Advocate - Baton Rouge) MINNESOTA: Star-Tribune editorial says state 'must compete' ( Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune ) NEW JERSEY: Led by lame-duck governor, state now WILL apply in round one (NJ.com) NEW YORK: State senate ed chair asks for clarification of state's eligibility (NY1) WISCONSIN: Gov. Doyle meets with ED counsel, former Boston sup Payzant on mayoral control ( Chicago Tribune ) --------------------- Past "Updates on the Race"