Race to the Top Quotes

President Obama and Secretary Duncan have made stronger teacher evaluation a key part of their education reform efforts. Under their signature plan, called 'Race to the Top,' states can win federal support for schools by improving teacher evaluations.

It isn't important who is ahead at one time or another in either an election or horse race. It's the horse that comes in first at the finish line that counts.

Beginning with the No Child Left Behind law and continuing today with Race to the Top, the federal emphasis on standardized assessments has become so excessive that it has modified state and district behavior in troubling ways.

I see life and the world simply as an arena for competition. That's just what people do, and there are always going to be winners and losers.

During my time as a state legislator, I've pushed for significant investment in public school districts. In Congress, I would look forward to increasing federal public investment in education through initiatives like Race to the Top.

In Barack Obama, we have a great education president who is rebuilding America. His Race to the Top program is doing more to 'spur us' to improve our public schools than anything we've ever done as a nation.

The best friend I have is competition.

People were trying to write songs to knock Lil Nas X off his perch; I didn't try to do that.