Race to the Top - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Index / Policies Race to the Top Transcripts Eric Waldo ...So we used that five billion to create Race to the Top , to create Investing in Innovation [i... ...grant dollars than they ever had. So, Race to the Top , again a totally different way o... ...to be eligible to compete for the Race to the Top dollars within that five billion, yo... ...we create a competitive grant, like Race to the Top and i3, where it wouldn't look—where i... ...especially the first year of getting Race to the Top and i3 out the door—were some of th... ...dollars that then we could use for Race to the Top , use for the Investing in Innovatio... ...the Investing in Innovation Fund. So Race to the Top was, I think, 4.3 million, and, again... ...million, and, again, it included the Race to the Top and the Race to the Top Assessments t... ...it included the Race to the Top and the Race to the Top Assessments to reimagine how we d... ...others deserve a lot of credit for the Race to the Top grant. Investing in Innovation—I'v... ...what works? Frankly, something like Race to the Top allows us to share what works muc... ...what works much better, because before Race to the Top , before we put incentives for now, ... ...military families was something like Race to the Top that did increase the funding and tha... ...states. You had something like Race to the Top where Florida, one of the earl... ...early winners, comes in—again, to win Race to the Top ; it was a big deal. You had to hav... ...So the governor who applied for the Race to the Top grant, suddenly it's a differen... ...like Investing in Innovation, like Race to the Top . Then of course, later, we did hav... ...did put in a couple billion dollars in Race to the Top for early learning. We did try to tak... ...some that are discretionary grants like Race to the Top or Investing in Innovation. And the... ...great to have a 4.35 billion dollar Race to the Top program. But if you don't bring peopl... Show more... Mona Sutphen ...had to stand up all of those programs, Race to the Top [Assessment Program] and all thes... Sarada Peri ...in the form of something called “ Race to the Top ,” which was an innovative fun... Karen Dresden ...our students. So, I remember with the Race to the Top initiative, we had received ... Rebecca Mieliwocki ...into education reform, the Race to the Top initiative. It kind of codifies thes... ...if you had thoughts, at the time about Race to the Top and the impact that it could have, an... ...But what I noticed was, when Race to the Top was announced, it was a very excitin... ...a heartbreaker. That's one lens of how Race to the Top impacted my school. In 2022 I have ha... ...up to the promise that we say it is. Race to the Top was one idea, one system, to try t... ...school district in your school with the Race to the Top funding and implementation. But then... ...throwing things at the system, like Race to the Top and standardizing the content and th... Show more... Kylon Middleton ...things, to include educational reform, Race to the Top , etc., our state always kind o... John Podesta ...to deploy in a competition of sort of Race to the Top kind of competition to build resilienc... Dennis Van Roekel ...bit about—I think we have to talk about RTT , Race to the Top. You can't have ... ...think we have to talk about RTT, Race to the Top . You can't have a conversation withou... ...for education that was independent of RTT . How did you experience the pani... ...positive change. Let's talk about Race to the Top in particular. Just to begin, what wa... ...policy and of the legislation? On the Race to the Top , is that the one that they changed th... ...to—I'm trying to think of it. No, Race to the Top was their initial—this was the fundin... Show more... Related Topics go to the Science Science go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Counterterrorism Counterterrorism go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the The People's House The People's House