Round-one applications are due on January 19, 2010...CALIFORNIA
Bay Area schools are Racing to the Top (Contra Costa Times)
ILLINOIS
70 percent of districts on board (Peoria Journal Star)
IOWA
RttT bills on the Legislature's agenda today (Des Moines Register Iowa Politics blog)
Seven largest school districts oppose Governor's plans (Des Moines Register)
KENTUCKY
Governor signs low-performing schools bill (Louisville Courier-Journal)
MASSACHUSETTS
Sweeping education bill passes legislature (Boston Globe)
NEW YORK
Unions opposing charter cap lift (New York Post)
RHODE ISLAND
No agreement between state, teachers' unions (Providence Journal)
TENNESSEE
Bill advances in House, headed for Senate vote (The Tennessean)
TEXAS
Editorial: Governor Perry is all 'rhetoric' (Houston Chronicle)
Op-ed: Perry's 'smokescreen' (The Dallas Morning News blog)
UTAH
Three fourths of school districts on board (The Salt Lake Tribune)
WASHINGTON
Governor's reform plan detailed (ABC News)
Editorial: Reforms needed to win round 2 (The Spokesman-Review)