Morning Announcements: August 25, 2010

Read all about state reaction to yesterday’s Race to the Top announcement below (winners are noted in bold and the other states listed were finalists):

• Arizona
• California
• Colorado
• District of Columbia
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Illinois
• Kentucky
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina

In Texas a new online tool called Texas Education iTunes U will allow teachers to upload and students to download educational podcasts, videos, and other multimedia lessons.

Support for President Obama’s education agenda is slipping among Americans, according to a Phi Delta Kappa International and Gallup Organization Poll on public attitude toward public schooling.