The Race Begins

On your mark, get ready, get set, go! The Department of Education announced the final criteria for Race to the Top.

The Department also summarized the potential funding ranges for each state:

CATEGORY 1 – $350-700 million  
California, Texas, New York, Florida

CATEGORY 2 – $200-400 million  
Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey  

CATEGORY 3 – $150-250 million   
Virginia, Arizona, Indiana, Washington, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Missouri, Maryland, Wisconsin 

CATEGORY 4 – $60-175 million   
Minnesota, Colorado, Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Oregon, Connecticut, Utah, Mississippi, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas, Nevada  

CATEGORY 5 – $20-75 million  
New Mexico, Nebraska, Idaho, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Maine, Hawaii, Rhode Island, Montana, Delaware, South Dakota, Alaska, North Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, District of Columbia