Governor Jennifer Granholm says she's "shocked'' and "extremely disappointed'' that Michigan lost out on the first round of federal education grants under the Obama administration's Race to the Top program. Michigan had been in line to receive around 400-million dollars for failing schools, but learned on Thursday that it's not happening...at least for now. Granholm told the AP that her administration will study the applications of winning states and tweak Michigan's before re-applying. State Representative Tonya Schuitmaker says that's exactly what needs to be done:
Schuitmaker notes that failure to get Race to the Top money is why the Appropriations Committee on Thursday voted against a bill to spend 25-million dollars to implement more education reforms:
Lawmakers were of the belief that the state had a good shot the money, which is why they pushed through several significant changes to the way schools conduct their business in the closing days of 2009.
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