In this video, New York’s representatives (Merryl Tisch, David Steiner, Joel Klein, John King and Michael Mulgrew) make the case to the U.S. Department of Education that New York should take home some of the Race to the Top’s rewards. New York ultimately finished second in round 2 of Race to the Top last summer.
A new Ed Next article by Peter Meyer “Assessing New York’s Commissioner of Education,” looks at how New York won and what’s next for David Steiner, who announced that he will be stepping down this summer.
For a full discussion of his David Steiner’s tenure, see Peter Meyer’s interview with him.