Video- President Obama on Race to the Top for Education Reform plus bonus kids!

Plus bonus kids!!

#78!

By GottaLaff

Please indulge us. We're bursting with pride here.

The Political Carnival hasn't been around all that long, well under two years. We have no staff. It's just Paddy and me, and originally, the wonderful Cliff Schecter.

Considering we're just a couple of working girls (sort of... when possible) who have too much passion to keep bottled up and so feel the need to vent here, we're awfully proud of reaching #78 on Wikio's Top 100 Political Blogs.

We're in great company.... for the most part ::coughconservanutscough::

So, on behalf of Paddy and myself:

UPDATE: We're #248 overall! Wowzers!

How remiss am I? Thank YOU for reading and keeping us afloat! Without our amazing readers, we wouldn't exist!

VIDEO: Obama Unveils "Race to the Top" Contest

By GottaLaff



Sure he has good ideas, but who cares? Where's his damn birth certificate:

Using money as bait, President Barack Obama challenged states and school districts Friday to raise their academic standards, improve teacher quality and allow more innovation if they want a chance at roughly $5 billion in new grants.

Obama said the broad goals are to give every child a chance to succeed and to boost the educational foundation of the nation's economy. Yet the "Race to the Top" program is also specifically targeted at expanding reforms the administration wants, such as linking teacher pay to how well students do on tests.

"This competition will not be based on politics or ideology or the preferences of a particular interest group," Obama said in an appearance at the Education Department. "Instead, it will be based on a simple principle: whether a state is ready to do what works."

The president added: "Not every state will win and not every school district will be happy with the results. But America's children, America's economy, America itself will be better for it."

Much more here.