Morning Announcements: August 27, 2010

In DC, progress in narrowing the achievement gap between African American students and their white counterparts has stalled, according to The Washington Post.

The Denver Post tries to make sense of Colorado’s second consecutive loss in the Race to the Top program. The Washington Post editorial staff comments on the federally funded competition writing, “Even in states that failed to win additional money, students will profit from newly implemented reforms, and that’s the most important result.”