WSJ: MA not at top of RttT applicant pool

Neil King of The Wall Street Journal puts Massachusetts out of the top echelon of appllicants:

Experts said Florida, Tennessee, Louisiana, Delaware, Colorado and Rhode Island put forward particularly strong applications, with Georgia, Illinois and Indiana also mentioned.

Some state legislators have also officially started to worry. Fingers still crossed, but, as a Rhode Island native I have to say that if Rhodey’s new commissioner Deb Gist beats out MA some real soul-searching has to go on as to how we regain our leadership role in education.

Again, let’s all cross our fingers.