Education Department Senior Official to Discuss Early Progress of Race to the Top Program

U.S. Department of Education Chief of Staff Joanne Weiss will join other education and state leaders to discuss the achievements and challenges of the Department’s Race to the Top competitive grant program during a panel discussion on Monday, March 26, at 10 a.m. The conversation will be hosted by the Center for American Progress, which will issue new report by CAP Senior Fellow Ulrich Boser that examines the progress states have made so far.

Members of the press who wish to attend the event should RSVP at: http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2012/03/rttt.html/rsvp.The event will also be streamed live online at: http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2012/03/rttt.html.