The nation’s top education official defended the administration’s Race to the Top program that saw $119 million go to Delaware for educational initiatives.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan called the First State’s record a model for the country.
During his visit to the state yesterday that included the classrooms at Howard High School of Technology he touted Delaware’s lowest in-decades dropout rate, more students applying to college and unprecedented investments in Pre-K education.
This week Governor Jack Markell faced criticism when his administration requested $7 million in state spending to make up for the end of funding from the federal Race to the Top.
