State Loses Bid for Race to the Top Grant Funds

Today, it was announced that Oklahoma's proposal to receive Race to the Top funds for so-called education reform in Oklahoma failed to win federal approval.

Conservatives statewide should cheer this announcement since Race to the Top funds are being used by the U.S. Department of Education to transition the 50 states to increased federalization of education. Their plan also includes the creation of an electronic dangan for all students, similar to what exists now in Communist China, which will bring with it a complete loss of student privacy, as we reported in this blog just last January.

In June, the state of Oklahoma, led by Gov. Brad Henry's top education advisor Kathy Taylor, can submit anoher proposal seeking these federal funds, which it is expected to do.