STATE BRIEFS, WEEK OF JULY 29-AUGUST 4, 2010

29 July 2010, 8:58 am

NC FINALIST IN ''RACE TO THE TOP'' SECOND ROUND [WASH., D.C.] It looks like North Carolina learned from its mistakes the first go-round, because the Tar Heel state is now among 18 others, plus Wash-ington, D.C., to be finalists in the US Dept. of Educa-tion's ''Race to the Top'' competition to secure upwards of $400 million to help struggling students.... Read More »

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