Race to the Top Leaves Children and Future Citizens Behind: The Devastating Effects of Centralization, Standardization, and High Stakes Accountability

Authors

Joe Onosko, University of New HampshireFollow

Abstract

President Barack Obama’s Race to the Top (RTT) is a profoundly flawed educational reform plan that increases standardization, centralization, and test-based accountability in our nation’s schools. Following a brief summary of the interest groups supporting the plan, who is currently participating in this race, why so many states voluntarily submitted proposals, and what features of the plan that are most problematic, eight arguments are offered as to why RTT is highly detrimental to our nation.

Response to this Article

William J. Mathis, Race to the Top: An Example of Belief-Dependent Reality. A Response to "Race to the Top Leaves Children and Future Citizens Behind"

Recommended Citation

Onosko, J. (2011). Race to the Top Leaves Children and Future Citizens Behind: The Devastating Effects of Centralization, Standardization, and High Stakes Accountability. Democracy and Education, 19 (2), Article 1.
Available at: https://democracyeducationjournal.org/home/vol19/iss2/1