U.S. DOE: Race to Top Visit ‘Productive’
Federal education officials called this week’s meetings “productive,” but as expected did not elaborate on what the findings may mean for Hawaii’s Race to the Top reform efforts or “high risk” status.
Liz Utrup, U.S. DOE assistant press secretary, emailed this statement today:
“Our team has had very productive conversations and meetings throughout the week. We will continue working remotely with Hawaii officials on any outstanding areas and follow up on any additional details needed to gauge their Race to the Top accomplishments thus far and challenges moving forward. Feedback from the review will be shared later this Spring.”
Stephen Schatz, Hawaii DOE assistant superintendent, said the state looks forward to hearing back from the federal government. He had this to say Friday:
“We are happy to have had the opportunity to show the federal review team that we are moving forward on all of our projects.“We look forward to hearing back from the U.S. Department of Education about the progress we’ve shown.”
