Ohio is still among the states competing for federal dollars for education. (See post below for Jon Husted's take on this.)
Washington Post:
Fifteen states and the District of Columbia survived the first cut Thursday in the Obama administration's unprecedented $4 billion school reform contest.....
....The finalists are: Colorado, Delaware, the District, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Tennessee.
"These states are an example for the country of what is possible when adults come together to do the right thing for children," Education Secretary Arne Duncan said in a statement....
Congratulations to Ohio's teachers, administrators, the Ohio Dept. of Education, and Gov. Ted Strickland. We wish you all the best for the rest of the competition.